Minister of Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, on November 4, 2025, briefed the nation on findings from investigations into the killings and violence that occurred during the 2020 and 2024 general elections.
During the briefing, the minister disclosed that the Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunor, had denied any knowledge of the violence that marred her election, an incident that left one person dead.
“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.
However, confusion has emerged after social media users resurfaced an interview the MP granted Onua TV on December 8, 2024, in which she explicitly confirmed her presence at the scene of the violence.
In the interview, Naa Koryoo stated that she and her team were attacked while visiting polling centres.
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“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.
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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