JB Danquah’s Death -Suspects are not free; they will be rearrested – AG

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gloria Akuffo has said the two suspects who were discharged by an Accra High Court in the case regarding the murder of late Abuakwa North MP JB Danquah-Adu are not free at all.S

“We have reviewed the docket and we have come to the conclusion that there are aspects of the matter that require further investigation and when the matter is being heard, you cannot conduct further investigation, so out of necessity you have to discontinue to enable you conduct those investigations. So that is why we entered the nolle prosequi so they are not walking at all,” Ms Akuffo told Accra-based Joy FM.
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She said: “They would be apprehended and investigations will be reopened.”

The Attorney General (AG) on Tuesday filed a nolle prosequi discontinuing trial of the two suspects in the case, Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bossu and they were therefore discharged by the court.

The AG represented by a state attorney Sefakor Batse on Tuesday moved the application at the high court.

The two were picked up in March 2016 after the murder of the late MP in his residence at Shiashie in Accra.

Daniel Asiedu the prime suspect in the case initially confessed to the crime but later denied the allegation and pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The two were charged with murder and abetment to rob respectively.