Dr. Hanna Louisa Bisiw-Kotei, National Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has alleged that former Fisheries Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson led a group of about 30 men to physically assault her during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election in 2019.
Her comments come in the wake of a recent incident at the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on Friday, July 11, where Hawa Koomson was reportedly attacked by unidentified men at the St. Peter’s Methodist Church polling station. The violence disrupted the voting process briefly before calm was restored.
Speaking on Face to Face on Channel One TV with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Tuesday, July 15, Dr. Bisiw-Kotei said she felt no sympathy for the former Minister, recalling her own harrowing experience during the 2019 by-election at the Legon Polling Station B, where she was serving as an NDC polling agent.
“I don’t care what happened to her,” Bisiw-Kotei said bluntly.
She claimed that shortly after her arrival at the polling station, Hawa Koomson arrived with about 30 men and confronted her directly.
“We were there when Hawa Koomson led a team of about 30 men to my centre. And Hawa Koomson, these were her words: ‘What are you doing here? Are you the one who has been spewing nonsense on TV and Radio?’ This is Hanna Bisiw—beat her—and these men started, and she stood aside.”
According to Dr. Bisiw-Kotei, the sudden violence sent Electoral Commission officials fleeing with their materials, while police officers intervened to extract her from the scene.
“When it started, the Electoral Commission agents picked up their materials, and people ran. And the policemen picked me over the wall, and another one held me from the back.”
“I had gone there with my Land Cruiser and parked under a tree. Then we changed the Land Cruiser to a Prado, not knowing they had been monitoring the Land Cruiser.
“So, immediately the police picked me up, they thought I was going to the Land Cruiser. They ran towards the Land Cruiser, including Hawa Koomson. They realised I was going to the other side—it was like a movie. They ran back. The police said, ‘Madam, run,’ and three of them were able to get to the car before I got in—they started again.”
Dr. Bisiw-Kotei added that her cousin, the NDC Constituency Chairman for Tano South, was also assaulted while trying to shield her.
“When I got in the car, I pulled my seat belt, and the constituency chairman of Tano South is my cousin. All his t-shirt was torn into pieces when he attempted to prevent them.”
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