The Minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson has apologized for the infamous shooting incident which happened in Kasoa last year during the nation-wide voter registration exercise.

Madam Koomson who is also the Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central Region was seen firing warning shots at the Steps to Christ polling station claiming it was in self defense.

Appearing before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Thursday, Mrs Koomson admitted in agreement with the MP for Tamale South, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, that her actions were "unministerial, dishonourable", and consequently apologised.

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“I apologize to everyone for shooting. It was the circumstance [in which] I found myself that led me to fire the warning shots. I really regret that day which I wish never happens in the life of our political activities,” she said.

According to her, though a police officer had been assigned to her to provide security, he was not present on the day of the incident.

She said her reaction would be different should the same unfortunate circumstance presents itself again.

The Minister-designate, however, explained that “yes, there was a name of a polling station there, but it (shooting incident) did not happen at the polling station. It happened outside the polling center, about 150 meters away. But I still say I regret that”.

Madam Koomson, appealed to the vetting committee to pardon her and refrain from asking further questions on the incident as it was still under police investigation.