Former Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has justified her use of pepper spray during the tumultuous parliamentary rerun in the Ablekuma North Constituency, stating it was purely an act of self-defence.
Speaking in an interview on UTV on Tuesday, July 15, Hawa Koomson dismissed public claims that she arrived at the polling centre with intentions to incite violence, explaining that she felt directly targeted during the chaos. "I was at the voting centre with my security, but the police insisted I enter alone, saying unauthorised persons were not allowed in.
I did not go there to cause trouble," she said.
She recounted how events quickly escalated after she spotted individuals she recognized from a previous incident. "As soon as the thugs entered, I identified two NDC guys from Kasoa.
