Veteran journalist and managing editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt has waded into the controversy surrounding the assault on Mavis Hama Koomson during the Ablekuma North Parliamentary election re-run.

In his views, most of the known individuals from both parties visited some of the polling stations and even made cordial gestures towards each other without any trouble and wondered why not Hawa Koomson.

Speaking on Peace Fm’s Kokroko Morning show on Tuesday July 15, 2025, Pratt mentioned names of some prominent members from both NDC and NPP who met at one polling station or the other and interacted freely.

“Did you see Okoe Boye? decent, he met the guys from the NDC and spoke to them nicely without any problem. Asiedu Nketiah went there and spoke to the NPP guys calmly without any trouble."

"There are a lot of videos in which we could see gurus from both sides conversing nicely without any fight. Why does trouble follow this woman everywhere she goes?”. He questioned.

“Guns are fired, some are killed and others are badly injured why! Why can’t we just face the facts and speak about it?” ... Okoe did not visit with pepper spray or gun neither did he slap anybody but made peace with everyone”. He explained.

When a co-panelist on the show, Nana Akomea asked whether Mavis Hawa Koomson did something wrong to warrant the brutal attack, he [Mr Pratt] retorted: “Why! You did not see the pepper spray?”

Mr Pratt later made reference to earlier instances where Madam Hawa Koomson admitted to firing a gun at a registration centre in her constituency registration exercise by the EC prior to the 2020 general elections.

He, however, cautioned the Inspector General of Police and the police service to ensure that the subsequent by-election at Akwatia would be peaceful without politically motivated assaults.

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