The charges<\/strong><\/p>\n According the charge sheet seen by Citi News<\/strong>, the 19-year-old suspect was charged based on his own confession that he committed the gruesome act.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Police averred that the suspect \u201cintentionally\u201d and \u201cunlawfully\u201d caused the death of the MP.<\/p>\n The charge sheet said: \u201cFor that you on 9th<\/sup> February, 2016 at about 1:00am at Shiashie, East Legon in the Greater Accra Magisterial District and within the jurisdiction of this court, did intentionally and unlawfully cause the death of Hon. Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu, MP for Abuakwa North in the Eastern Region.\u201d<\/p>\n Investigations\u00a0also indicate that Daniel Asiedu has confessed to committing the crime.<\/p>\n The stabbing<\/strong><\/p>\n The MP was killed at his residence at Shiashi in Accra, where he lived with his family.<\/p>\n Some neighbours of the late MP told Citi News<\/strong> they heard about a struggle between the MP and his attacker, 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\u2019s bedroom, which they suspect was used by the assailants to access his room where he was killed.<\/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 then called in the police who were stationed at the gate waiting to enter.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lawyer for the man arrested in connection with the murder of late member of Abuakwa Member Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye-Danquah-Adu, Augustine Obour, has asked an Accra Magistrate Court to allow his client, 19-year-old Daniel Asiedu, to undergo mental assessment. [contextly_sidebar id=”5whh7evORmHoGKHbk2btxFQc9nWuipX8″]According to Augustine Obour, who appeared for the first time for the suspect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"jb-danquah-killer\"](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jb-danquah-killer.jpg\")
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