Man accused of killing J.B. Danquah Adu, Daniel Aseidu, has denied ever entering the lawmaker’s house to kill him.
Asiedu aka also rejected claims by the Police that his foot and fingerprints were found in the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North’s house.
“If I have never been to the house of the MP, how can my footprints be found in his house,” he quizzed.
“I don’t know anything about the MP’s death. I am innocent,” he told the Court amidst tears at some point.
As he continued his testimony before an Accra High Court, Daniel Asiedu claimed that “people in authority” were responsible for the MP’s murder and had set him up to appear as the killer of J.B. Danquah Adu.
Guided by his lawyer, Mr. Yaw Dankwah, Asiedu asserted he had never known the late MP and only saw his photo when shown to him by the Police. He recounted being beaten and then taken to the MP’s residence.
He also dismissed police claims that, after killing the MP, he gave a bloodstained knife to a woman allegedly his wife, Jane, to clean it.
“I don’t know the lady the Police said I gave a knife to clean. I only got to know her after she had returned from the prostitution business “
Asiedu questioned why the Police did not summon his alleged wife to testify in court.
He claimed that the lawmaker’s wife was aware of those who posed a threat to her husband’s life.
Asiedu expressed surprise that the Police neglected to call the three officers allegedly seen at the lawmaker’s home or summon the deceased’s wife, mother, and children to confirm whether they had seen him in the house at the time of the incident.
Declaring his innocence, Asiedu argued that from the photo shown to him by the Police, the lawmaker—who was significantly taller and stronger—could have easily overpowered him, making it unlikely he could have subdued him with the knife.
When asked by his lawyer how he got the name Sexy Don Don, Asiedu revealed that it was Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare who had given him that nickname.
According to him, in school, he was known as Daniel Asiedu aka “Gucci Young Star.”
Principal State Attorney Sefakor Batsa is set to cross-examine Asiedu on Thursday, November 14, 2024.
The accused allegedly committed the brutal murder of the MP in his East Legon residence in February 2016.
Asiedu was initially charged with conspiring with Vincent Bossu, but Bossu was acquitted after the defense counsel filed a no-case submission.
Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, a Court of Appeal Judge acting as a High Court Judge, directed Asiedu to begin presenting his defense.
He is currently on trial for murder.
However, Asiedu has entered a plea of not guilty to the murder charge.