Delali Sewarkpor, the personal assistant to Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Awutu Senya East, has described her detention as political persecution orchestrated by elements within the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to Sewarkpor, supporters of Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor and NDC sympathizers have not been informed of the reason for her detention.
In an interview with Selorm Adonoo on The Big Issue on ChannelOne TV, Sewarkpor claimed that the parliamentary candidate’s arrest was orchestrated by either the Presidency or the Minister for the Interior.
“The only information we are getting is that it is an order from above for her to be arrested, and it is only the president or the Interior Minister who can call for her arrest. This is purely political persecution,” he stated.
“Since her arrest on Friday, June 7, we have yet to know the reason for her detention except for some speculations. Yesterday, she was invited by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command when they found a gun in her car. They asked for the documents about the gun, and she produced all the documents to prove she has the right to possess the gun. The gun was not even found by the police but by some NPP thugs,” Sewarkpor explained.
Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor is suspected of having been arrested in connection with her possession of a gun and the stabbing of the son of the Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
However, Sewarkpor denied her involvement in the stabbing, stating that she was nowhere near the scene of the incident.
“She [Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor] was not even at the scene when Hawa Koomson’s son was stabbed, and she only went to the police station in the company of Mustapha Gbande to help calm down tempers in the constituency. ”