Former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo sustained a gunshot injury to her left ear on Sunday, according to Ghana Police, even as the Kristo Asafo Mission insists no shooting occurred at its Kwabenya property that day.
The incident happened during a tense gathering at the church’s premises, where the Council of Elders had convened to formally introduce Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena, Safo’s younger brother, as the new leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission following the death of their father, Apostle Emeritus Kwadwo Safo. In a statement signed by Superintendent Juliana Obeng, Head of Public Affairs for the Accra Region, police said preliminary investigations confirmed Safo sustained the gunshot injury while visiting the property. She reported the incident to Kwabenya Police and presented her vehicle, registration number GN 3482-24, which had visible gunshot damage. Police have issued her a Medical Report Form and retained the vehicle for forensic examination.
But the church has firmly rejected that account. In a statement, Kristo Asafo Mission leadership said Safo forcefully drove her vehicle into the entrance gates of the property, causing substantial damage, and accused her of staging a “victim presentation” to falsely suggest she had been shot. The church described claims of a shooting as false and misleading and called for a thorough, impartial investigation.
A third account has come from the church’s lawyer, Nana Kofi Kantanka, who told Joy News that Safo fired the first shot before ramming the gate with her vehicle, prompting private security to respond with warning shots. He said attendees initially heard what sounded like loud bangs, later identified as her car crashing into the gate. Kantanka said he could not confirm whether anyone else was injured and that the matter remains under both police and internal church investigation.
The shooting, whatever its true sequence, lands in the middle of a bitter succession fight that has already reached the courts. A court injunction had earlier halted the planned installation of Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena as church leader, a dispute that has split the Safo family between those backing him and others who say their father had intended Adwoa Safo to succeed him. With police confirming physical evidence of gunfire and the church denying any shooting took place, the events of Sunday at Kwabenya now sit at the center of two starkly different narratives, with investigations from both state security and the church itself still ongoing.
