A Ghanaian
opposition legislator has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants, the police has
confirmed. The New Patriotic Party (NPP)
Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North in the Eastern Region, Joseph Boakye
Danquah, was stabbed Tuesday dawn at his residence at Shiashie in the capital,
Accra.
The
Greater Accra Regional Police Command said it has instituted investigation into
the case.
The
Abuakwa North MP is the grandson of late J.B Danquah, a Ghanaian statesman,
pan-Africanist, scholar and historian, who played a significant role in pre-
and post-colonial Ghana.
Danquah, a
chartered accountant, would have been 51 in July.
He was a
deputy women and children’s affairs minister under the John Agyekum Kufuor
administration.
Prior to becoming
an MP, he was the Executive Director, Automotive Springs (Ghana) Limited,
Accra.
He left
behind a wife and two children.
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