The Kokote branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Offinso Constituency, Mr Kwasi Addai, popularly known as “Joe Louis” was on Tuesday killed in a road crash.

A motorbike, he was riding, run into an on-coming vehicle at Adukuro on the Kumasi-Techiman road.

The deceased, reportedly was on his way to a party’s meeting at Koforidua near Abofour, when the accident occurred.

The Offinso Police confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and said they were investigating.

The body has since been deposited at the Offinso Saint Patrick’s Hospital mortuary.

Mr Addai, 69, is survived by a wife and two children.