Late JB Danquah Adu was a former Abuakwa North MP
Ivy Heward-Mills, the wife of the late former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu, has expressed concern over the slow pace of investigations and prosecution by the state in the case of her late husband.
She stated that it has been nine years since the tragic and untimely death of her husband, yet law enforcement authorities have not yet provided justice in the matter.
In a tribute to her late husband, while reflecting on his memory, Heward-Mills shared that the current developments in her husband’s case are deeply troubling to both her and the family.
She further questioned whether the family would ever receive justice and if the culprit would ever be held accountable, expressing concerns about their wavering faith in the country’s justice system.
“That indelible smile… 9yrs have gone by … Will there ever be justice? It is not well. It is not well at all,” she posted on her Facebook on Sunday, February 9, 2025.
Today, February 9, 2025, marks the ninth anniversary of the lawmaker’s death, which occurred in 2016.
He was murdered in cold blood during the early hours of February 9, 2016, after being attacked by unidentified assailants at his residence in Shiashie, near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange in Accra.
The MP was believed to have been stabbed multiple times during the attack at around 1:45 a.m. on that fateful Tuesday, leading to his death.
The prime suspect in the case, Daniel Asiedu, was found not guilty by a seven-member jury in December 2024 on charges of robbery and murder.
However, an Accra High Court has ordered a retrial of the accused, ruling that, under Section 285 of Act 30, the jury’s verdict was not legally acceptable. As a result, the jury was discharged, and Asiedu has since been remanded into lawful custody.
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