"I killed J.B Danquah-Adu, but I want his family to forgive me" – Daniel Asiedu

General News on Thursday, February 7, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-02-07

JB Danquah-Adu, man alleged to have murdered the former MP of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Abuakwa-North, admitted that he had actually killed the MP, but he wants the legislator's family forgive him.

According to him, some people had hired him to kill the MP and it was not true that he had gone to the MP's home to steal it and ended up killing him, as the prosecution had put it.

He added that the second accused, Vincent Bosso, was not involved in the planning and execution of the member's death.

"I have now given my life to God. I want to tell the truth so that the MP's family forgive me, "added the suspect.

Asiedu, aka Sexy Don Don, argued his claims in the Central District Court of Accra yesterday when he had the opportunity to speak before he and Bosso were sentenced to stand trial in the High Court .

When the president of the court, Mrs. Arit Nsemoh, asked him who he was referring to as the contractors or planners of the badbadination of the deputy, Asiedu said that he could not remember their names but he recalled that he had written them in one of his statements to the president. police.

Second trial

Mr. Danquah-Adu was murdered on February 9, 2016 in Shiashie, near Accra, in his residence.

Prosecutors charged Asiedu and Bosso with conspiracy to commit robbery, while Asiedu was indicted separately for murder and robbery.

While the district court finds a case against both of them to answer and urges them to stand trial, the state will try Asiedu and Bosso for the second time after the GA has filed a prosequi nose on May 29th. 2017 to end the first trial.

Yesterday, during the referral process, the prosecutor, Ms. Sefakor Batse, senior prosecutor, told the court that the state would call 11 witnesses and also rely on 29 exhibits to prove her case. before the High Court.

The trial is scheduled to open in the High Court of Accra on March 11, 2019.

Facts of the lawsuit

According to the facts of the case as presented by Ms. Batse, Mr. Danquah-Adu was living with his family in a one-storey house in Shiashie, near East Legon, in the suburbs of Accra. , while Asiedu and Bosso lived in Agbogbloshie, also in Accra.

She added that Asiedu and Bosso were planning to embark on a series of robberies after being armed with a screwdriver, scissors, a catapult and a gun. 39, a knife.

The two men, she said, left their base on February 8, 2016 to commit the robbery, but due to a misunderstanding as to which house to steal, Bosso was separated from them. Asiedu and went home.

Ms. Batse said that Asiedu then boarded a car bound for Shiashie, discovered the area and chose Mr. Danquah-Adu's home.

The member, she added, returned from work around 11 pm and went to bed.

"Asiedu entered the house around 1am. February 9, 2019 climbing the wall. He then used a ladder to climb to the porch of the MP's room and entered it through a window, "she said.

The prosecutor further stated that Asiedu had started to search the room but that the noise had awakened the MP who had fought against Asiedu.

"Asiedu stabbed the MP at the back of his neck and chest, which caused him to collapse, and he removed three mobile phones belonging to the MP," she added.