No gunshots were fired in my house – NDC's Delali Kwasi Brempong

07:18 - 17 February 2019

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, Delali Kwasi Brempong, has denied comments by the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, at the Emile Short Commission Inquiry that gunshots were fired from his house.

Speaking to kasapa FM's Akwasi Nsiah, Kwasi Brempong said that claims that gunshots were fired from his house "clearly it is an afterthought."

“There were no gunshots from my house and there cannot be gunshots from a pharmacist’s house," he said.

"Somebody who has taken an oath to protect lives, I think clearly it is an afterthought. If anyone says there were gunshots from my house then I think the person is dreaming or hallucinating,” he added.

Appearing from the Emile Short Commission last week, National Security Minister Albert Kan Dapaah, said members of the SWAT team who were deployed to La Bawaleshie on January 31, 2019, did not shoot at anyone.

He said the leader of the team reported that one person sustained “gunshot wounds” but insisted they were not responsible.

The Minister said the commander was convinced “that the shot did not come from them but probably, from within the compound [of NDC parliamentary candidate, Kwasi Brempong].”