{"id":188396,"date":"2016-02-09T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=188396"},"modified":"2016-02-09T15:58:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T15:58:55","slug":"im-saddened-by-jb-danquahs-death-kufuor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/im-saddened-by-jb-danquahs-death-kufuor\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m saddened by JB Danquah&#8217;s death &#8211; Kufuor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has described the death of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu as a loss to the party since he was\u00a0a real political gem in the country\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;0PcE4H86kMh3kTWAhO4j5NgTIEU1P3zR&#8221;]According to Kufuor, the death of the man who served as a Deputy Minister for Women and Children Affairs in his government came to him as a shock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant on early Tuesday morning at his residence at Shiashi in Accra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News,\u00a0<\/strong>former President Kufuor expressed condolences to the family of the late MP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am so shocked by the sad story. I am very saddened by what has happened today and my heart goes out to the people and the bereaved family and all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Parliament suspends sitting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parliament was on Tuesday\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2016\/02\/09\/parliament-adjourns-sitting-to-mourn-murdered-mp\/\" target=\"_blank\">forced to adjourn sitting<\/a>s<\/strong><\/span> following the death of the MP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House adjourned sittings after the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu moved the motion for the adjournment\u00a0in honor of their colleague.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained that MPs were not in the right mode to do business in the House hence prayed the Speaker of Parliament to adjourn sitting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has described the death of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu as a loss to the party since he was\u00a0a real political gem in the country\u2019s politics. 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