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The
suspected assailant arrested in connection with the murder of the
Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North has re-enacted how he
allegedly accessed the house of the MP and attacked him.
The
MP, Mr Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu wasThe suspected assailant arrested in
connection with the murder of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa
North has re-enacted how he allegedly accessed the house of the MP and
attacked him. attacked by unidentified assailants at his residence at
Shiashie, in Accra, in the wee hours of Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
A
police source told the Daily Graphic that a team of investigators,
including National Security and Bureau of National Investigations (BNI)
operatives took the suspect to the residence of the MP as part of
investigations into the alleged murder and asked him to re-enact the
incident.
The details of the procedures were however, not disclosed.
Preliminary investigations
Preliminary
investigations have established that the suspected killer scaled over a
wall, entered the residence of the MP and with the help of a ladder
entered the MP’s room.
There were bloodstains on the walls and
footprints, which were believed to be those of the attackers, at the
backyard of the house.
The suspect
The Accra Regional
Police Command, led by the Accra Regional Police Commander, Commissioner
of Police (COP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare, arrested the suspect, who is
believed to have killed the MP, after a tip-off last Thursday. This was a
day after the Police Administration had put a GH¢10,000 bounty on the
killer’s head.
The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed,
was arrested in a special operation. He has allegedly confessed to
stabbing the MP.
Three mobile phones, two of which were believed to belong to the late MP, were retrieved from the suspect.
The
suspect was later handed over to the Bureau of National Investigations
(BNI), whose officials worked with personnel of the Accra Regional
Police to effect the arrest.
Other suspects
Six persons were invited by the police for questioning soon after the MP was pronounced dead at the Police Hospital in Accra.
Five
out of the six persons were said to have been released last Wednesday
while the sixth person, who was held by the police for further
interrogation was later granted bail.
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Source: Daily Graphic |
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