The Minister-designate for Fisheries Mavis Hawa Koomson says she regrets her gun shooting incident at Kasoa during the voter’s registration exercise.
Madam Koomson who was then the Minister for Special Development Initiatives was seen firing warning shots at the Steps to Christ polling station claiming it was in self-defense.
“I’d want to put on record that the incident didn’t happen at the polling centre. It happened about 150 meters from the polling centre but I still regret it. I wish it never happened in our political history,”
Mr. Chairman, I also want to cease the opportunity to apologize to the people who were so scared on that day. it was in defense of myself because I felt because of the circumstance that I found myself in on that day. I felt that I needed to save my life by defending it,” the former Special Development Initiative Minister told the Appointment Committee Thursday during her vetting.
She noted that the gun she used was registered.
Madam Koomson, appealed to the vetting committee to pardon her and refrain from asking further questions on the incident as it was still under police investigation.
During the mass voter registration exercise in July 2020, Mavis Hawa Koomson stormed the centre after receiving information that people from outside the constituency were bussed to register there as voters.
She accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of transporting [bussing] people from outside the constituency, from Gomoa East and Nsawam to come and register at the Step to Christ polling station.