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Mfantseman MP to be laid to rest
The late Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Kwansah Hayford, will be laid to rest today, November 28 at Mankessim in the Central Region.

The MP was murdered on Friday, October 9, while returning from a campaign trip.

Ekow Quansah Hayford was shot on the Abeadze Dominase – Abeadze Duadzi – Mankessim Road at about 1:00 am by some six armed highway robbers.

According to the programme outline released by the family, a night of hymns and tributes will be held in honour of the late MP at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Mankessim on Friday, November 27, 2020.

After that, the body will be laid in state at the Kessim AstroTurf park before being conveyed to the Mankessim cemetery for interment.

On Sunday, November 29, 2020, a thanksgiving service will be organised at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Mankessim to climax the funeral.

The family also announce that President Akufo-Addo, attend the final funeral rite of the former Mfantseman MP, Ekow Hayford.

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Myjoyonline
November 28, 2020
Ophelia Quansah Submits her Filing Forms in Tears

Mrs Ophelia Quansah, first wife of the late Ekow Quansah, has just filed her nomination forms to contest for the parliamentary seat at Mfantseman.

Ophelia was asked by the NPP party to replace her late husband in the upcoming elections.

She accepted the offer and subsequently resigned from the Ghana police service. She was an ACP.

Today, flanked by party bigwigs such as Hawa Koomson, and other top brass party executives, and as crowd of about 500 party supporters and sympathizers, Ophelia marched to the EC’s office to officially file her nomination forms.

However, unlike usual filing events that are usually marked by celebration, today’s march was solemn and sorrowful.

The parade regularly met Ekow Quansah’s campaign photographs along the road. At any such juncture, the widow stopped, stared and signed heavily.

This caused the crowd to erupt into mourning. It was a solemn march.

October 20, 2020
I Won’t Forgive and Forget What My Husband Did- Mrs. Sara Quansah Hayford

Mrs. Sara Quansa Hayford is the alleged Secret Wife Of the Killed member of Parliament for the great Mfantseman Constituency of the Central Region.

Speaking on Kasapa FM this morning she explained that, her late husband Honorable Ekow Quansa Hayford offended her in several ways and they forgave each other.

But even when he was alive, she told him point-blank that he can never and ever forgive him on how he lied to her that he was not having any wife.

She explained that she found out that Ekow Quansa Hayford was married for several years and having children under that marriage.

Initially, she even wanted to go and beg the woman and leave the marriage with Ekow but Ekow Quansa allegedly prevented her from doing so.

She later realized that she was pregnant for Ekow, so she had no option than to sit under the marriage.

Unfortunately, that pregnancy got a miscarriage after reaching her 6th month.

Meanwhile, reportghana.com had earlier reported when Mrs. Sara Quansa Hayford stormed the one-week observance of her late husband with their kids and her marriage certificate.

Speaking on Atinka FM’s AM Drive with host Ekourba Gyasi, Sister of the alleged second wife of murdered Mfantseman MP, Maame Asabea said they sent the marriage certificate to the one-week celebration to show that her sister was legally married to the MP.

According to Asabea, the late MP tied the knot with her sister in a traditional ceremony followed by a court wedding in 2012.

“They got married in 2012 and they have been blessed with two boys, Ekow and Obama. I don’t know why people are saying otherwise. That was why we brought the marriage certificate to the one-week memorial service,” she added.

The Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford was reportedly been shot dead on October 9th.

The MP was said to have been shot on the Abeadze Dominase–Abeadze Duadzi–Mankessim road by some unknown assailants on his return from a campaign trip.

Thursday, 15 October marked the 7th day Ekow Quansah Hayford was murdered and to make it a memorable one, friends and family of the late law maker were gathered to commemorate his one-week observance.

Reportghana

October 20, 2020
Wife Of Late Mfantseman MP To Contest On Behalf Of Murdered Husband

The youth of Mfantseman in the Central Region where the late Member of Parliament for was murdered is calling on the executives of the New Patriotic Party to replace him with the wife.

According to the youth of the area, it is very disheartening and painful for the Member of Parliament to lose his life in this manner and therefore they want the wife to lead them to Parliament.

The Executives of the New Patriotic Party is in a staunch meeting to decide whether to replace the murdered MP with the wife of another candidate considering the fact that today is the last day for the close of Nomination forms.
The late MP. was the only child of her mother who also had two kids.

October 10, 2020
Photos of Hon. Quansah Hayford Death Surfaced Online
It was a black friday as Ghana awoke to the sad and gruesomely untimely ‘murder’ of Honourable Ekow Kwansa Hayford, the member of parliament for Mfantseman at the hands of some armed robbers. This was a very sad incident as no one even expected his sudden demise. What’s worse is that it happened in such an awful manner. According to reports, he together with his team were returning from a rally and got hijacked on the road by armed robbers who didn’t hesitate to rain bullets on them.

Scenes from the damaged vehicle have surfaced online. The car was an NPP branded pickup. The aftermath of the shooting left the car with blood soaked seats, bullet ridden holes in the body, flat tires, broken glasses, and a whole lot of things. This is truly a sad way to go. See the photos below.
October 10, 2020
Mfantseman MP; Ekow Quansah Hayford Reportedly Shot Dead

Information reaching GHBase.com indicates that Ekow Quansah Hayford, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman Constituency, in the Central Region has been shot dead by unknown assailants.

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.

This, he said ‘angered’ the robbers who then blamed him for the problems being faced by people in the country.

“When the robbers started engaging the MP, then he [robber] said, ‘You politicians have made the country very hard to live in.’ “They brought all of us down and asked us to lie prostrate so we thought they were going to shoot us. One stated that we are not after your life…so they asked the driver why he didn’t stop when he was asked to…,” he said.

Meanwhile, the police has commenced investigations into the incident. Ekow Quansah Hayford was 49-years-old. He was married to Sarah Quansah Hayford.

Ghbase- Dikoder.com

October 10, 2020