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The Ghana Police Service has released Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, the Awutu Senya East Constituency parliamentary candidate who was re-arrested for a gun found in her vehicle.<\/p>\n
Before her release, prominent figures of the NDC, including the party\u2019s flagbearer, former President\u00a0John Dramani Mahama, and the party\u2019s National Communications Officer,\u00a0Sammy Gyamfi, criticized the police for re-arresting Naa Koryoo.<\/p>\n
They accused the police of unlawfully detaining the NDC parliamentary candidate and demanded her immediate release.<\/p>\n
A video shared by Accra-based Citi FM captured the moment the police released Naa Koryoo.<\/p>\n
The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson\u00a0Asiedu Nketiah, appeared with Naa Koryoo, raising her hand amidst cheers and jubilation.<\/p>\n
An enthusiastic and undaunted Koryoo joined the NDC leaders at the police station to sing the party\u2019s revolutionary song.<\/p>\n
Naa Koryoo was reportedly invited by the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Friday, June 7, 2024 over a gun possession issue.<\/p>\n
She was initially arrested after the gun was reportedly found in her car following a clash at the district office of the Electoral Commission of Ghana in Kasoa.<\/p>\n
Her transfer to Cantonments to spend the night triggered calls for supporters to go to the station to demand her release.<\/p>\n
She had days ago confirmed ownership of a gun retrieved from her vehicle in Kasoa, stressing that the registered firearm was to protect herself against the MP for the area, Mavis Hawa Koomson.<\/p>\n
Watch the video from the incident below:<\/strong><\/p>\n Naa Koryoo released after hours in police detention #CitiNewsroom<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/G6wQs8FQ59<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 CITI FM 97.3 (@Citi973) June 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n