Supporters of the National Democratic Congress have stormed the Cantonment Police Station in Accra over the arrest of NDC parliamentary candidate for Awutu Senya East Constituency.
The National Communication Officer of the NDC Sammy Gyamfi had called on all party faithful to throng the Cantonments Police Station where Naa Koryoo Okunor had been detained.
He said they should come and solidarise with her.
“All NDC supporters should join us at the Cantonments Police station for us to solidarity with our sister and demand her release now. Enough of the oppression and harassment of NDC figures by the …Police Service. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!” he wrote in a statement dated June 7, 2024.
“Her offense is simply that a weapon (gun) was found in her car. The said weapon is registered in her name. All the necessary registration documents have been submitted to the Police.
Unlike, Hawa Koomson who in 2020 actually fired a gun at a registration center, Naa Koryoo has not fired any gun or weapon. Yet, the …Police service is hellbent on detaining her, ” Sammy Gyamfi said.
It would be recalled that Phyllis Naa Koryo Okunor, along with Mustapha Mohammed and Abdul Aziz Musah, were arrested last week.
The trio was apprehended while traveling in a Honda CRV saloon car with registration number GX-2044-19 near the Electoral Commission (EC) Office at Ofaakor. They were found in possession of a firearm which was linked to a stabbing incident involving Ato Koomson, the son of the current MP and the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson.
He was reportedly stabbed near the EC Office at Ofaakor in the Central Region. The police recovered a pump-action gun with four rounds of ammunition from the vehicle, as detailed in their statement.
Naa Koryo however clarified that the said firearm is legally registered and that for the fear of her life, “I have every right to protect myself because the happenings at Kasoa necessitate that I do so.”
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