DOSSIER: Mfantseman MP Ekow Quansah shot dead

Sources say the MP was shot on the Abeadze Dominase–Abeadze Duadzi–Mankessim Road when returning from a campaign trip on Friday 9th October, 2020 around 1:00am.

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• Family of murdered Mfantseman MP suspects foul play (2020-10-11)
• Mfantseman MP's death: I was attacked and nothing was done – Sam George blames parliament (2020-10-11)
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• Don’t politicise death of Mfantseman MP – Former Central Regional Minister (2020-10-11)
• I have been killed before my time even though I’m alive – Murdered MP’s mother cries (2020-10-10)
• Providing security to MPs not solution to Ghana's insecurity - Security Analyst (2020-10-10)
• We’re shocked – NPP reacts to MP’s murder (2020-10-10)
• Sense of insecurity due to total indiscipline – Antwi Danso (2020-10-10)
• Providing security to MPs not solution to Ghana’s insecurity – Saani (2020-10-10)
• Killings: Ghana becoming a failed state – Nunoo-Mensah (2020-10-10)
• I was held hostage in my home for 3 hours – MP recounts ordeal (2020-10-10)
• Murder of Mfantseman MP: NDC suspends campaign (2020-10-10)
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• Blame Ghanaians for the killing of MPs – Major Derrick Oduro (2020-10-09)
• Remain calm - Police to family and constituents of Ekow Quansah (2020-10-09)
• Wake up before killings get out of hand - Kwaku Azar tells security agencies (2020-10-09)
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• ‘You politicians have made the country very hard to live in’ – Eyewitness recounts how Mfantseman MP was shot (2020-10-09)
• Mfantseman mourns murdered MP (2020-10-09)
• Ghanaians react to death of MP Ekow Quansah (2020-10-09)
• Photos of murdered MP's bloodied vehicle emerge (2020-10-09)
• Probe murder of NPP MP – Jane Opoku-Agyemang (2020-10-09)
• Central Region Minister wants Mfantsiman MP's killers nabbed soon (2020-10-09)
• Detailed account of how Mfantseman MP was murdered by armed robbers (2020-10-09)
• Mfantseman MP's murder: Akufo-Addo shocked, wants arrest of killers (2020-10-09)