{"id":996186,"date":"2022-02-18T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/18\/atta-mills-brother-throws-big-challenge-over-motion-to-probe-his-death\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:59:57","slug":"atta-mills-brother-throws-big-challenge-over-motion-to-probe-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/18\/atta-mills-brother-throws-big-challenge-over-motion-to-probe-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Atta Mills&#8217; brother throws big challenge over motion to probe his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"481\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1645202010_138_images-Copy-Copy-696x481.jpg\"   alt=\"Attah Mills\" title=\"Attah Mills\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late Prof John Evans Atta Mills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1218069997&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Samuel Atta Mills, brother of late Professor Atta Mills, has dared four Majority parliamentarians to proceed with their motion seeking a bi-partisan probe into the cause of his death if they so wish. <\/p>\n<p>However, he expects to be the first witness to be called when the committee commences its work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they set up this committee, they should call me as their first witness and I will be the last witness they ever called,\u201d he said on Asempa FM\u2019s<strong> Ekosii Sen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come on the back of a Private Member\u2019s motion filed by four Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Majority side, seeking a bi-partisan investigation into the former President\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Led by Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP and Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the motion is to \u201cto unravel the unending mystery surrounding the death of late President Mills which sad event occurred on July 24, 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others include; Tolon MP and Second Deputy Whip Habib Iddrissu; Mpraeso MP, Davis Ansah Opoku and Tema Central MP, Yves Hanson-Nortey.<\/p>\n<p>But to Mr Mills, who is the MP for Komenda Edina Eguaafo Abirem, his colleagues want to use the death of his brother to score cheap political points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are they trying to do? They should be careful. Some of us are quiet in parliament because we have the wisdom, we think before we open our mouth,\u201d he lashed out.<\/p>\n<p>He insists that the family has conducted an autopsy and is satisfied with the results, adding he was with his brother and he died in his hands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play the audio above:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"T4ix8l9rtAI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Sports on Adom TV (16-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T4ix8l9rtAI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Prof John Evans Atta Mills Samuel Atta Mills, brother of late Professor Atta Mills, has dared four Majority parliamentarians to proceed with their motion seeking a bi-partisan probe into the cause of his death if they so wish. 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