Driver of murdered Mfantseman MP dies in hospital

The driver who was at the wheel when the vehicle of the deceased Member Parliament for Mfantseman constituency was attacked by armed robbers has also died. 

According to the Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Mfantseman, Dr. Nana Yaw Agyenim-Boateng, the driver died while undergoing treatment at a health facility after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.

“They [colleagues at the Saltpond District Hospital] just called us and the doctor also confirmed that the man has passed on this afternoon,” he said in an interview on Citi FM.

According to reports, the MP was shot by armed robbers when he was returning from a campaign at Nkusukum on the Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze road on Friday 9th October, 2020 around 1:00am.

Confirming the news, the NPP first vice constituency Chairman Wofa Yaw said they were were returning from a campaign tour when armed robbers attacked them.

The body has since been deposited at the Saltpond Mortuary.

Meanwhile, the police has commenced investigations into the incident.