Information reaching globecalls.com suggests that Member of Parliament for Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford is dead.
Reports say the Mfantseman Member of Parliament was shot on the Abeadze Dominase – Abeadze Duadzi – Mankessim Road while returning from a campaign trip of the area.
He is believed to have been attacked at about 1:00 am Friday morning by 6 armed highway robbers.
According to an eyewitness report, while the robbery was ongoing, the MP identified himself. This allegedly infuriated the robbers who blamed him for the problems being faced by people in the country.
Our source stated that the MP was shot multiple times by armed robbers and rushed to the emergency ward of Saltpond Municipal hospital dead.
Ekow Quansah Hayford was the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate in the Mfantseman Constituency for the impending election.
NB: This is a developing story.