According to her, she recognised two or three individuals involved in the attack, including the husband of a sitting MP, although she could not confirm his name.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Mrs. Koomson said some of the attackers were from Kasoa and described the incident as a targeted attempt on her life.
“All I saw was that they were advancing towards me. Someone was holding a cutlass, declaring that they would finish me today. There was this other short guy with an orange sleeve wearing a jacket and camouflage shorts, and he usually walks with the MP’s husband,” she alleged.
She recalled that former Okaikoi South MP, Darkoa Newman, who was with her at the time, was visibly shaken and urged her to flee, but there was no escape route.
The altercation, which occurred at the St. Peter’s Methodist Church polling centre in Odorkor on Friday, July 11, 2025, temporarily disrupted voting and triggered an increased security presence.
The former Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture maintained that she had no prior knowledge of any planned violence and would have avoided the event had she received any warning.
“There were more than 30 guys coming towards me, and I couldn’t have faced them as a woman,” she said.
The violence reportedly began when a group of unidentified individuals overpowered police officers stationed at the polling centre.
Viral videos captured the moment Hawa Koomson used pepper spray on her attackers—an act she insists was in self-defense. One individual is seen stepping on her groin after she fell to the ground, moments before police rescued her.
Addressing criticism of her actions, she said:
“I couldn’t have watched on and done nothing for them to kill me because one of them had a gun, and I’m grateful to God it wasn’t fired. I could have died.”
She further revealed a history of political attacks against her.
“Exactly a year and a month ago, my son was stabbed at a registration centre unprovoked,” she said.
Mrs. Koomson has called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, regardless of political affiliation.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service says investigations are ongoing, although no arrests have been made yet.
Source: Gertrude Otchere
