The Late JB Danquah (right) and the accused killers
The young man who blew the cover on the alleged killer of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, former Abuakwa North Member of Parliament (MP), is living in danger with his family as the police have allegedly left them to their fate.
According to the informant (name withheld), who is said to be in his early twenties, the police relocated his immediate family from a community in Accra after the prime murder suspect, Daniel Asiedu aka Sexy Don Don, was arrested following a tip-off.
The informant, a father of two, is quoted as having told StarrFMonline.com in an exclusive interview that the police had withdrawn all forms of protection and support for his family, contrary to what they promised, after media and public attention on the issue dwindled.
He said the promise of witness-protection and financial support had been denied them since the former Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, COP Dr George Akuffo Dampare, was transferred to the Central Region.
“Daniel Asiedu came to me and my elder brother in our room at dawn and gave us three phones to charge for him. Two of the phones were iPhones which were locked, but the third phone was not locked. We saw blood dripping on his little finger while he handed the phones over to my brother to charge. He even requested us to heat water for him,” the informant said.
He continued, “On that same morning, I had heard about the murder of the MP but it didn’t readily connect, until my brother started going through the unlocked phone when we saw pictures of the MP and some dignitaries of the NPP. It then occurred to us that Daniel might be the killer so immediately we sent a message to Ursula Owusu-Ekuful through the MP’s phone, because she was in his contact list. Ursula responded and eventually we got the police informed and they started looking for him.”
He further added, “Because [name withheld] is a difficult area to search for suspects, we became informants for the police on the search. At a point, Daniel noticed we were giving information to the police after we had appeared reluctant to return the phones to him. He got furious and threatened to stab me if he confirmed that we were talking to anyone about the phones. I told his wife to beg him for me. Eventually, the police laid ambush and arrested him while he was going to have a meal with my elder brother after our disagreement.”
In the view of the informant, COP Dampare housed him, his wife and their two-week-old baby for two months before handing them over to the BNI.
He contended that things however, turned awkward for them when the BNI took over the case, but failed to provide their basic needs, prompting the police commander to inform the former vice president, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, to intervene.
The source said Amissah-Arthur rented an apartment for them by the Spintex Road for a short while and later gave them GH¢10,000 to organise themselves.
He however, said the amount was not sufficient for a start-up since they could not go back to their businesses at Agbogbloshie, adding that the police promised to relocate and resettle them in order to ensure their safety, but that had not been the case.
The frightened informant told StarrFMonline.com that he feared he could be killed at any point in time.