Koomson (L) wants an apology from MP Phyllis Okunor (R) and her team
The former Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has reacted to revelations that her successor, Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunor, denied any knowledge of the violence that marred her 2024 election, an incident that left one person dead.
The revelation was made known by the Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, during a briefing on the findings from investigations into the killings and violence that occurred during the 2020 and 2024 general elections, on November 4, 2025.
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“Honourable Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunor denied that her convoy was attacked. She was nowhere near the scene of the incident. Persons involved in the incident have avoided speaking with the Task Force, while Mohammed Ali and others who were in the Mahindra pickup truck and fired shots from their vehicle have also refused to cooperate.
“Their accounts have, therefore, not been established. Mohammed Ali is said to have been flown abroad for further treatment. The late Yusif Larri Idriss died from a gunshot wound, and those who were in the Mahindra pickup with him know what happened. The driver of the Mahindra has been traced, and further investigations are ongoing. The Task Force will continue its investigations,” he stated.
Reacting to the development, Hawa Koomson said she was subjected to reprisal attacks and abuse during the Ablekuma North by-election because of the allegations leveled against her by the lawmaker that she had orchestrated the attacks.
According to her, the physical attack on her nearly resulted in her demise.
“It is pertinent to highlight that the unfounded accusations, orchestrated and led by the then parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress, Ms Phyllis Naa Koryoo, precipitated an unjustified and unprovoked attack against me during the Ablekuma North by-election a few months ago, an incident that nearly cost me my life,” she posted on Facebook on November 5, 2025.
Koomson, also a former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, insisted that she has always maintained her innocence regarding the allegations, accusing her successor of using the incident to further her own interests.
She said that it is only right for her accusers to apologise for their allegations and false accusations.
“Concerning the disturbances that transpired on the night of the elections in the Awutu Senya East Constituency, the findings reported by the investigative team have substantiated my initial assertion that I bear no responsibility for the violence, which tragically resulted in the loss of an innocent life.
“While she may have derived some advantage from these baseless allegations, I sincerely hope that those who have wrongfully accused me will possess the integrity to issue a full and unequivocal apology for the trauma I have endured,” Koomson added.
Background
A resurfaced interview showed the MP fo Awutu Senya East, Phyllis Koryoo Okunor, telling Onua TV on December 8, 2024, that she was present at the scene of the violence.
In the interview, Naa Koryoo stated that she and her team were attacked while visiting polling centres.
“After visiting the polling stations, I saw a V8 vehicle chasing our cars. They shot into our vehicles, and two of my people were hit,” she recounted.
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She further alleged that her opponents were behind the attack.
“I want to say that I have won the election, and Mavis Hawa Koomson is doing things again. She has brought back that Simon, who is a murderer; he killed someone in my house… the bullet hit my official Mahindra pickup and the people sitting at the back were struck,” she claimed.
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