He told pulse.com.gh in an interview that the police have done a good job "but have just touched the surface".
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Forget police report; MP's death could be contract killing- Atta Akyea
Despite the arrest of the suspect in JB Danquah Adu's death, MP for Abuakwa South Samuel Atta Akyea still believes his colleague could have been killed because someone wanted him dead.
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"I am on the humble view that this 19 year old guy did not plan this himself," he said.
Danquah was killed on the 9th of February in his home.
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The police have a suspect in custody who they claim has confessed to killing the MP but Akyea does not rule out the MP's death being a contract killing.
Akyea said if the suspect only wanted to steal from Danquah "why murder him?"
"There's more to go into to find out why this gruesome and cold blooded murder, if you look at the knife wounds on this gentleman I can only come to the conclusion he wanted to kill him, and no more," Akyea says.
Read more - Revealed:How JB Danquah Adu's death unfolded
He is also advocating night security for MPs in the wake of this incident.
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"There is a trinity - the legislature lacks security, the executive have security, and the judiciary have security so the balance is not right, we should also have security."
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He spoke to pulse.com.gh's Stacey Knott on the sidelines of AFRI - ONE YOUTH forum on the theme "The Ghanaian Youth have a say".
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