The Ghana Police Service has apprehended one person, Nai Akwasi Lartey, who was wielding a pump action gun, in connection with a shooting incident at Awutu Bereku, that has left a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) hospitalised.
Ato Odoom is receiving medical attention at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital in Winneba after being shot at while performing with a brass band during the swearing-in of some traditional leaders on Tuesday evening.
The pump action gun with some BB cartridges has been retrieved from the suspect, who is currently in police custody assisting with investigation.
The bodyguard of Awutu Senya East MP and Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been implicated in the shooting incident.
Presently, the Awutu Senya East Municipality branch of the National Democratic Congress is demanding justice.