{"id":188273,"date":"2016-02-09T09:30:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T09:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=188273"},"modified":"2016-02-09T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T09:30:46","slug":"mps-murder-two-men-picked-up-for-questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/mps-murder-two-men-picked-up-for-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"MP\u2019s murder: Two men picked up for questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police in the Greater Accra Region have picked up one security guard, and another resident for questioning, after the Member for Parliament for Abuakwa North constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu was stabbed to death.<\/p>\n

The MP was on the dawn of Tuesday killed\u00a0at his residence at Shiashi where he lived with his family.<\/p>\n

The private security guard, according to Citi News<\/strong> sources, says he did not hear\u00a0about the struggle that ensued before the MP\u2019s death in his room.<\/p>\n

The police say they cannot immediately confirm whether the killing was carried out by robbers or that the attackers were merely there to kill.<\/p>\n

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J.B. Danquah’s house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the police are yet to speak on the matter, some neighbours who spoke to Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Fred Djabanor say no items were stolen from the house.<\/p>\n

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The Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, COP George Dampare, together with a team of police officers and investigators, are at the scene to pick the necessary leads in their investigations.<\/p>\n

Several bigwigs of the NPP, including acting Chairman Freddie Blay, have visited the house to get first hand information and also to commiserate with the bereaved family.<\/p>\n

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NPP bigwig Osafo Marfo at the premises.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr. Freddie Blay described the MP\u2019s demise as shocking and said they were hopeful the police will bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n

According to Fred Djabanor, a man who could not hold back his tears claiming to be the late MP\u2019s personal security guard said he arrived at the premises for his morning duty only to be told of the sad incident.<\/p>\n

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Neighbors claims<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an interaction with some neighbors of the late MP, they told Fred Djabanor that they heard about the struggling between the MP and his attackers, which forced them out of their homes only to find out that he had been killed.<\/p>\n

They claimed to have seen a ladder behind the late MP’s bedroom, which they suspect was used by the assailants.<\/p>\n

According to them, they saw a man run out of the house but he could not use the main entrance because they had by then called in the police who were stationed at the gate waiting to enter.<\/p>\n

About J.B. Danquah<\/strong><\/p>\n

The late Joseph Boakye Danquah, once served as a Deputy Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs.<\/p>\n

He was the Abuakwa North MP from 2000 until 2008, when he lost the seat to the NPP’s Prof. Samuel Amoako. He returned in 2012 to win the seat.<\/p>\n

He left behind\u00a0a wife and two children.<\/p>\n

Joseph Boakye Danquah, a chartered Accountant by profession, is the grandson of late J.B Danquah, a Ghanaian statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar and historian, who played a significant role in pre- and post-colonial Ghana.<\/p>\n

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Abuakwa North MP, J.B. Danquah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

J.B Danquah escaped similar attack in 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

The late MP escaped a similar attack in 2010<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, although Citi News<\/strong> has no facts to suggest that the incident of 2010 is connected to the current one.<\/p>\n

In that attack, the MP sustained a deep cut on his arm.<\/p>\n

The assailants attacked him at a house at East Legon, believed to be his then girlfriend\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

In February 2013, three persons who were prosecuted for allegedly causing harm to the late MP in that attack, were convicted with fines.<\/p>\n

In that case, the married MP\u2019s girlfriend, was the one accused of plotting the attack on him over his refusal to give her money.<\/p>\n

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\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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