[ 2017-03-15 ]

Daniel Asiedu earlier denied killing J.B Danquah in court

Daniel Asiedu committed to stand trial for killing Abuakwa North MP
The Accra Central District Court on Wednesday
committed Daniel Asiedu, the man accused of
killing the former Member of Parliament (MP) for
Abuakwa- North, J. B Danquah- Adu to stand trial
at the High Court.

The court, presided over by Mr Stephen Owusu held
that based on the facts of the case and Asiedu"s
own submission, there was a case for him to answer
at the High Court.

Earlier, Asiedu had denied killing the former in
court.

According to him he was lured by his in-law, whose
name he gave as Kwame, to the Accra Regional
Police Command where he was arrested for killing
the former legislator.

Asiedu made the statement at the start of his
committal proceedings at the Accra District Court
on Wednesday morning.

Facts

Asiedu was arrested on Thursday, February 11,
2016, in a special operation led by the Accra
Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police
(COP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare.

He allegedly confessed that he stabbed the MP to
death.

Upon his arrest, three mobile phones, two of which
were believed to belong to the late MP, were
retrieved from the suspect.

The facts of the case, as presented by the
prosecution, were that the MP, Mr Danquah-Adu,
lived with his family in a one-storey house at
Shiashie, near East Legon, in Accra, while Asiedu
and Bosso lived at Agbogbloshie, also in Accra.

About 11:40 p.m. on February 8, 2016, the MP
arrived home and went to bed in a room located on
the first floor of his house.

About 1 a.m. that same night, Asiedu and Bosso,
armed with a catapult, a cutter and a sharp knife,
went to the legislator’s house.

Bosso is said to have assisted Asiedu to enter the
house by scaling the wall on the blind side of a
security man who was fast asleep. On entering the
house, Asiedu climbed onto a porch on the top
floor with a ladder and entered the MP’s bedroom
through a window.

While Asiedu was searching the room, the MP woke
up and held him. There ensued a struggle, during
which Asiedu stabbed the MP in the right chest
above the breast. The MP consequently held the
knife, and Asiedu pulled it through the MP’s
hand, making a deep cut in his palm.

The legislator, who bled profusely, fell by his
bed, after which Asiedu stabbed him several times
on his right chest and neck.

On realising that the MP was dying, Asiedu left
the room and took with him three iPhones.

Meanwhile, the struggle between the MP and Asiedu
had drawn the attention of the security man in the
house, who alerted other security men in the
neighbourhood.

Having realised the impending danger, Bosso took
to his heels, leaving Asiedu behind. However,
Asiedu managed to descend from the top of the
house and jumped over the electric fencing on the
walls of the house into an adjoining house and
escaped.

Source - Graphic.com.gh

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