Defense counsel, Yaw Dankwah, in the murder case involving former MP for Abuakwa North, J. B. Danquah Adu, has asserted that Daniel Asiedu, the first accused person, did not perpetrate the crime.
Instead, he alleged that the former MP was murdered by three individuals impersonating police officers who visited his residence.
According to Dankwah, these impersonators, after committing the gruesome act, managed to disappear without a trace. This claim, he argued, is supported by the testimony of Apraku, the security guard who promptly reported the incident to the police via phone calls.
Furthermore, Dankwah emphasised that the late MP was of significant stature and physical strength, implying that it would have been improbable for Asiedu to overpower him.
“It was the three impersonating officers who overpowered the MP and killed him at his residence… Asiedu cannot overpower the MP physically.
“Your story suggesting that it was Daniel Asiedu who killed the MP was a fabrication and full of lies.”
However, ASP Augustine Nkrumah, the case investigator answering questions before the court, said it was Daniel Asiedu, the first accused person, who killed the former MP.
According to the investigator, Asiedu was “a terrible person” and capable of killing the man.
The case investigator took the court through how some weapons used in committing the crime were retrieved from Asiedu.
He also told the court how a T-shirt and a handkerchief, all soaked with blood and a knife were found at the scene and Asiedu admitted that those items were for him.
ASP Nkrumah said Asiedu’s girl friend, Janet Kyeraa, also confirmed to the police that the T-shirt and handkerchief belonged to Aseidu.
The investigator said Janet Kyeraa also informed the police that Asiedu, after the incident, gave her a knife stained with blood to clean.
The investigator told the court that Asiedu’s slippers were also retrieved from the crime scene and Aseidu also identified a catapult and cutter found at the scene.
“During investigations, the knife Asiedu used in stabbing the deceased to death was traced to Asiedu’s room at Agbogbloshie in Accra.
“When the knife was shown to the first accused person (Asiedu), he admitted to having used that knife on the deceased. Asiedu said he was held by the deceased and he left him helpless in his room,” said ASP Nkrumah.
The case investigator said in the deceased room, Asiedu asked for forgiveness for the offence he had committed.
The investigator told the court that Asiedu demonstrated to the investigation team how he went to the crime scene and how he perpetrated the crime.
“My Lord, the exhibits found in the deceased room, Asiedu admitted sending them there.”
Daniel Asiedu is currently facing trial for his alleged involvement in the murder of former MP for Abuakwa North, J.B Danquah Adu, which occurred at the MP’s residence in February 2016. He has been formally charged with both murder and robbery.
Asiedu stands accused alongside Vincent Bossu, with whom he is alleged to have conspired to rob the MP. Both defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them before a seven-member jury.
Presiding over the case is Mrs. Justice Lydia Osei Marfo. The court has ordered the accused individuals to be remanded in custody until their next appearance scheduled for February 28, 2024.
