'Hawa Koomson's attack was revenge by thugs from Darkuman' – Eyewitness alleges

An eyewitness has shared details surrounding the assault on former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, during the parliamentary election rerun at Ablekuma North on Friday, July 13, 2025.

Speaking with GhanaWeb TV, the witness alleged that the attack was an act of retaliation tied to a previous incident at Kasoa, where Hawa Koomson is accused of orchestrating an assault on an individual connected to the group.

“According to what I heard, her attackers accused her of masterminding an earlier assault on one of their members at Kasoa and saw the rerun as an opportunity to retaliate. When she began questioning the process, tensions rose. I was present and witnessed it all,” the witness recalled.

The attackers, she claimed, came from Darkuman specifically to carry out the act.

“The thugs who assaulted her came from Darkuman. They jumped over the wall to enter the polling station and assaulted her,” she added.

Chaos broke out at the Odorkor Methodist Church polling station, where thugs overwhelmed security personnel and physically assaulted several individuals, including the former Awutu Senya East Member of Parliament.

Hawa Koomson was shoved to the ground and stomped in the chest and groin before police intervened to rescue her.

The closely contested rerun ended with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Ewurabena Aubynn, winning with 34,090 votes, narrowly defeating the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, who garnered 33,881 votes.

Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, has assured the public that all perpetrators of the violence will be identified and face prosecution in accordance with the law.

Watch the video of the eyewitness below:

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