Akosua Manu, a New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 parliamentary candidate for Adentan, has defended Hawa Koomson’s use of pepper spray during the Ablekuma North rerun.
Akosua Manu revealed that Hawa Koomson’s narration of the Ablekuma North chaos gave her goosebumps.
According to Akosua Manu, Hawa Koomson was targeted and did not in any way provoke the confusion.
Akosua Manu claimed that the former lawmaker was at the polling station peacefully when she was attacked and used pepper spray in self-defence.
Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Sunday, July 13, Akosua Manu stated, “Her narration gave me goosebumps because she said at one polling station.
So they were making the rounds, and she went, and her team of personal security stayed back a bit. As she was observing, she heard people say ‘where is she, where is she’ and then she looked up and saw a group of young men coming towards her”.
Akosua Manu added, “She mentioned seeing something that looked like a weapon, to which she immediately reached out for her pepper-spray.
She said if it wasn’t for her pepper-spray, to slow their charge on her, she sure would have been worse than anticipated. Mind you, she didn’t go to cause any confusion”.
Background
Chaos erupted at the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on Friday, July 11.
A group of unidentified men stormed the Methodist church polling centre, disrupting the process and creating chaos.
The machomen stormed the polling station in a coordinated manner, causing panic among voters and electoral officials.
The former MP for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Hawa Koomson, was assaulted.
In a viral video of the chaotic scene, Hawa Koomson was kicked in the groin and fell to the ground with the thugs kicking her on the ground until the police intervened.
Despite the number of police officers at the scene, they were unable to prevent the chaos.
