Police arrest five over Mfantseman MP’s murder

Five persons have been arrested in connection to the Mfantseman Member of Parliament Ekow Hayford Quansah who was shot on the Abeadze Dominase – Abeadze Duadzi – Mankessim Road while returning from a campaign trip.

This was confirmed in a release by the Ghana Police Service.

According to the release, “the [suspects] are being taken through lawful police procedures.”

“Five persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Member of Parliament for Mfantsiman Constituency, Hon. Ekow Quansah Hayford. They are being taken through lawful Police procedures. Further updates will be given in due time”

Ekow Quansah Hayford was the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate in the Mfantseman Constituency for the impending election and a member of the seventh Parliament.