NPP activist, Christopher Adu Boahen has allegedly been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen who stormed his East Legon home in an attempt to rob him.
The deceased has been identified as the son of Professor Albert Adu Boahen, a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a former party presidential candidate.
The preliminary investigation did not say whether Christopher confronted the armed robbers, which is how he ended up dead, or if they were hired to kill him directly and present the crime scene as one of robbery.
Christopher studied electrical engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and the tragic news has been confirmed by his 1995 year group there. In a Facebook post, they mentioned that some evil people had killed him.
The post reads:
Sad to announce the untimely passing of our classmate, Christopher. Wicked persons entered his home, ransacked the place, and robbed him of his life. His home, at East Legon, has been barricaded by the police and declared a crime scene. May the soul of our brother find rest in the Lord. Bad news for a Monday morning but let’s keep our spirits up and look forward to a great week.
Christopher’s father Professor Adu Boahen was the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential nominee in 1992. Roland Issifu Alhassan was his vice presidential running mate.
Despite Jerry Rawlings’ victory, Boahen garnered 30.4% of the vote. Boahen abstained from the 1992 parliamentary election because he was upset over alleged ballot stuffing in that particular election.
Boahen attempted to run for president again in 1998 as the New Patriotic Party’s choice, but John Agyekum Kufour was selected. Kufour eventually emerged victorious in the 2000 presidential contest and took office.
Boahen’s opposition to Marxist history began early in his professional life. “A liberal democrat, a believer in the freedom of the individual, the welfare of the governed, and in private enterprise and the market economy,” was how he defined himself politically.
Chris has a brother named Charles Adu Boahen. He was named Ghana’s deputy minister of finance by President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo in 2017. The suspicions of corruption led to Charles’s dismissal from the position.
