Gunmen have killed Christopher Adu Boahen, the son of the late Ghanaian celebrated historian and NPP stalwart, Professor Albert Adu Boahen.

Christopher, a physically challenged person, is said to have been attacked at his home in East Legon, a suburb of Accra.

The robbers also ransacked Christopher’s home after taking his life.

Christopher’s father, Professor Albert Kwadwo Adu Boahen was a Ghanaian academic, historian, and politician. He was an academic at the University of Ghana from 1959 to 1990, from 1971 onwards as a professor. As a politician, he notably was a candidate in the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election, representing the main opposition New Patriotic Party.