Dr. Stephen Amoah, the Deputy Minister of Finance, has said it was good that his bodyguard was not present when a constituent with a gun attacked him.

The Deputy Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency, has explained that he drew his pistol in self-defence after a constituent allegedly threatened him with a gun.

Dr. Amoah had gone to the community to campaign when the incident occurred.

The youth of Atasomanso had reportedly demanded updates on the completion of an Astroturf pitch being constructed in the area by their MP. They confronted Dr. Amoah, pressing him for details about the delayed project.

Speaking about the incident in an interview on TV3, as monitored by GhanaWeb, the MP said that his police officer bodyguard would have gunned down his attacker due to how fluidly the incident occurred.

"My bodyguard was in the house. Honestly, thank God he wasn't there because anybody there would have shot the boy. Let's be honest. I thank God he wasn't there. Because what was the intention? What was the reason? I hadn't insulted them, I hadn't attacked them, and they also had not attacked me. But they have a bad record in the community; you can go and find out. Most of them are on drugs. We want to play with everything because it is not our lives. But honestly, if somebody points a gun at you, I don't think you will sit down and say that the person should kill you."

He expressed surprise over the incident when he was asked if he thought it was safe for him to have gone to the area without his bodyguard knowing the background of the community.

"It was daytime, and I had been going there; they had never done that to me. This one was a strange thing, honestly. Now, I am picking a new piece of information, and I don't think I can concretise it; I am yet to find out. I have actually informed the police to check.

"I hear he rather lives in the community and has been exhibiting anti-social behaviour. It might have been that somebody asked him to do that to me, and he realised that a lot of people were around, and I was also prepared with a gun, so he had to run away."

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