Wife of Slain MP J.B. Danquah-Adu Appeals to Parliament for Justice
Ivy Heward-Mills, the wife of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J.B. Danquah-Adu, has made an emotional appeal to the Parliament of Ghana, urging lawmakers to break their silence on her husband's unresolved murder case. In a heartfelt message addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin, Majority Leader Hon. Mahama Ayariga, Minority Leader Hon. Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, and all MPs, she expressed her deep disappointment over the prolonged delay in securing justice. "Respectfully, you have been silent," she wrote, drawing a stark comparison between her husband's case and that of Jo Cox, a British MP murdered in June 2016. She highlighted how the UK’s House of Commons and House of Lords took swift action, ensuring that within five months, Jo Cox’s murderer had been found, tried, convicted, and sentenced. "It didn’t bring her back, but it gave her family peace and closure," she added, lamenting that nearly nine...