Vincent Bossu and Daniel Asiedu
A witness in the trial of Daniel Asiedu, who is accused of the gruesome murder of the Abuakwa North MP, JB Danquah-Adu, has told an Accra High Court that Daniel Asiedu, aka Sexy Don Don, came home with blood on his hands on the night of the gruesome murder on February 9, 2016.
According to the witness, Kenneth Koranchie, he was home when he heard a knock on his door at about 3am and he was frightened because he was not expecting any visitor at that time.
He said the person kept knocking so he decided to peep through the window only to see Daniel Asiedu who was only wearing boxer shorts.
The witness said when he opened the door, he saw Daniel Asiedu who was bleeding from the hand, and Asiedu asked him (witness) to heat water for him, which he did.
He said Asiedu returned the following morning demanding another hot water for his wounded hand, and later asked him (witness) whether he will be going to town and when he said yes, the accused then requested him to unlock the two phones which he handed to him.
Mr. Koranchie also told the court how he later found pictures and a video of the late JB Danquah on one of the phones.
Brother’s Threat
Continuing his evidence yesterday, the witness told the court that Daniel Asiedu threatened to injure his brother after he found out that he was assisting the police to arrest him.
The witness, Kenneth Koranchie, continuing his evidence in chief told the court that the accused who was holding a nail queried his (witness’) brother about why he was making a phone call and walking around in search of him.
He stated that when his brother denied the statement and told the accused person that he was making his personal call, Daniel Asiedu told him to get away and threatened to pierce him with the nail if he did not.
“My brother told him that he was making his personal call and not searching for A1 (Asiedu). A1 told my brother to ‘get away’ and that he was monitoring my brother while he was making the call. My brother at the time was getting angry and A1 asked him to get away else he would pierce him with the nail if he is not careful, and stressed that he was monitoring my brother while he made those calls the previous day,” the witness told the court.
Daniel Asiedu is before the court facing charges of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery.
The witness had previously told the court that at the time he was leading the police to the house of the accused, he suggested to the police that they should allow him place a call to his brother to verify whether the accused was at home.
He said the brother had confirmed the presence of the accused person at home but when they got to the house, Asiedu was nowhere to be found and my brother “told me that he was surprised A1 (Asiedu) was not there because A1 was urinating behind him.”
Continuing his evidence while led by Sefakor Batse, a Principal State Attorney, Mr. Koranchie told the court how he took the police to a possible route the accused could have used to escape the vicinity, but upon several searches they could not find him.
He said upon returning home, the accused person’s wife, Janet, came asking him why he had brought the police to the house, and he told her that they were not police officers but his friends.
“The wife then left and returned a few minutes later and told me that A1 (Asiedu) was standing at the back of the house and wanted to see me. I locked my door and asked my brother to follow me. As soon as we got to the side of the road, I saw A1 standing there. He then asked me why I brought police officers to the house in search for him. I told him I did not bring any police officers to the house and that the people that came to the house were my friends.
“He then asked me whether I had been able to unlock the phones that he gave me and I told him that I was still working on them and that I would finish with them when I go to town and bring them that evening,” Mr. Koranchie narrated.
Mr. Koranchie continued that Daniel then said he was not comfortable with where they were standing so he asked that they move toward the back of the building.
“He took the lead and I followed him and my brother was behind us and we got to an abandoned public bathhouse. On our way going, A1 picked a nail from the floor and upon getting to the abandoned shower he asked what my brother was doing the previous day making calls and walking about searching for him. He said that if my brother had moved close to where he was standing and observing him he would have wounded him.
“I pleaded with A1 to forgive my brother and let go of whatever that my brother had done to him,” the witness said.
Hearing continues on July 19, 2021.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak