NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East sues IGP, AG over seized gun

Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East, has filed a writ at the High Court of Ghana, Human Rights Division, against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Attorney General, and the Kasoa Regional Commander.

The applicant is seeking a court order to release her legally registered firearm, which was seized during her arrest.

She is also requesting the court to direct the IGP, AG, and Kasoa Police Commander to settle her legal fees, costs, and any other orders deemed fit by the court.

In a recent interview on Citi FM, she revealed that she acquired a gun to protect herself against Hawa Koomson, the current MP for Awutu Senya East.

Naa Koryoo Okunor alleged that Hawa Koomson threatened her on four separate occasions during the 2020 elections, with no action taken by the police.

"There is a need for me to do that because I can best protect myself and not any other person against Hawa Koomson," Okunor stated. "When we go back to the 2019-2020 elections, Hawa Koomson pulled a gun on me on four different occasions. No arrest was made, no interrogations, no investigations, nothing. The case just died. And since the police haven't provided any form of protection for me," she stated.

On June 2, 2024, the Ghana Police Service arrested three individuals, including Naa Koryoo Okunor, Mustapha Mohammed, and Abdul Aziz Musah, for unlawful possession of a firearm.

The suspects were apprehended near the EC Office at Ofaakor while onboard a Honda CRV saloon car with registration number GX-2044-19.

Read her full suit below:

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