'PNDC bloodshed is a curse on the land'- Rev. Bosomtwi

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Aaron 9 years ago

You're a frustrated stupid old man without a conscience. The NLC killed & maimed people including women & children. Where were you?. You & Otabil are just full of anger & bitterness because your hopes are drunk & your expecta ...
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You're a frustrated stupid old man without a conscience. The NLC killed & maimed people including women & children. Where were you?. You & Otabil are just full of anger & bitterness because your hopes are drunk & your expectations shattered!. You spew garbage for attention k3k33!.A wolf hiding behind the Bible!.
You will burn in hell.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago

As a pastor this idiot should know that saying "all-die-be-die" is an abomination before the Lord (Courtesy: Bishop Dr Mensah Otabil). And God has commanded us to avoid the company of such a person. And what did Ghanaians do? ...
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As a pastor this idiot should know that saying "all-die-be-die" is an abomination before the Lord (Courtesy: Bishop Dr Mensah Otabil). And God has commanded us to avoid the company of such a person. And what did Ghanaians do? As many as 4 million Ghanaians voted for the declarer of this abomination: Nana Addo! And instead of repenting some evil citizens are still following the originator of this evil sinful decoration.

Blame every suffering and mishap on Nana Addo for annoying God and incurring His wrath.
PRIORITY 9 years ago

who leaves such senseless comment like SGT ANANI FIADZOE. you obvoiusly not around during the PNDC era or you were one of the criminal vigilante PDCs who committed all h atrocities in the name of a so called revolution....thi ...
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who leaves such senseless comment like SGT ANANI FIADZOE. you obvoiusly not around during the PNDC era or you were one of the criminal vigilante PDCs who committed all h atrocities in the name of a so called revolution....thieves. The right reverend should have addressed the NDC rather than PNDC. NDC are the new sheep in wolves clothing. Check your facts before you open your criminal mouth. Nkwasiasem!!! check all the former heads of states that were murdered, and the judges and numerous business men, an all had their assets frozen, and SGT ANANI FIADZOE, ou're still talking SHITE!!!!
baby luv 9 years ago

oh please let's get real. What about the blood that was spilled by our kings of old in every region in Ghana .? when we become truthful and confess ur sins God will surely hear us and save our land

oh please let's get real. What about the blood that was spilled by our kings of old in every region in Ghana .? when we become truthful and confess ur sins God will surely hear us and save our land
ZoRRo 9 years ago

YES ! We need good leaders to run the country not groups of bandits calling themselves parties !

YES ! We need good leaders to run the country not groups of bandits calling themselves parties !
Prince 9 years ago

Well said Bishop. You are 100% right but fools will criticise you for your truthfulness and bravely. Leave those fools alone because they will forever remain fools until their time comes. Some of them have alredy been punishe ...
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Well said Bishop. You are 100% right but fools will criticise you for your truthfulness and bravely. Leave those fools alone because they will forever remain fools until their time comes. Some of them have alredy been punished by God and the rest will follow sooner or later.
BAB 9 years ago

This frustrated bishop must be a square peg in a round hold.You will do well as the propagander secretary to the NPP rather than parrading in in the long dress as a clergy.

This frustrated bishop must be a square peg in a round hold.You will do well as the propagander secretary to the NPP rather than parrading in in the long dress as a clergy.
AKORABS 9 years ago

Yeah, NLC did. Arthur and Yeboah who attempted to overthrow them. But not anything compared to the wanton murder of Jerry John and co. That streak of indiscipline and disobedience still run in their blood hence the woeful ste ...
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Yeah, NLC did. Arthur and Yeboah who attempted to overthrow them. But not anything compared to the wanton murder of Jerry John and co. That streak of indiscipline and disobedience still run in their blood hence the woeful stealing. All that accountability and probity was but a smoke screen to rob Ghana in broad day light. Where are our national assets? How many are now owned by Caridem? Never mind judgement debts. Mahama is but a continuation of this awful dynasty. Until we end the chapter, we shall continue to suffer with no end.
Nii Nortey (NY) 9 years ago

YOU SAID IT ALL

YOU SAID IT ALL
KOLIKO 9 years ago

this npp foot solders calling themselves clergy men are the real problems for ghana

this npp foot solders calling themselves clergy men are the real problems for ghana
Kimpapo 9 years ago

It started with the Killings in AFRC regime.

It started with the Killings in AFRC regime.
THE PATRIOT 9 years ago

A Bishop being so superstitious? And we mistakenly call an evil man like this a man of God? How can a sane person spew out such divisive garbage?

A Bishop being so superstitious? And we mistakenly call an evil man like this a man of God? How can a sane person spew out such divisive garbage?
Nii Fio 9 years ago

I do not think Aaron and KOLIKO as they call themselves are alright in the head.

I do not think Aaron and KOLIKO as they call themselves are alright in the head.
IB 9 years ago

Judgement day await you better resign from ministering God's Message and be a politician you will do well in politics. IF YOU REFUSE THE GOOD LORD PUNISH YOU RIGHT HERE ON EARTH BEFORE YOU DIE.

Judgement day await you better resign from ministering God's Message and be a politician you will do well in politics. IF YOU REFUSE THE GOOD LORD PUNISH YOU RIGHT HERE ON EARTH BEFORE YOU DIE.
Kimpapo 9 years ago

It all started with executions during the June 4th Revolution. What was the basis for killing the former Heads of States and Military Generals? Were they given a fair trial?

It all started with executions during the June 4th Revolution. What was the basis for killing the former Heads of States and Military Generals? Were they given a fair trial?
Concerned Citizen 9 years ago

It is very scary to read the posts on this article. This shows how polarized our nation is. What you have done, just confirms the assertions of the Bishop mentioned above. Is it possible to express our views without insulting ...
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It is very scary to read the posts on this article. This shows how polarized our nation is. What you have done, just confirms the assertions of the Bishop mentioned above. Is it possible to express our views without insulting one another??? Wow, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, and all the Ghanaians who lost their lives for our undependence should be rolling in dispair in their graves, because, if they they have the tiniest glimpse into the future, they sure wouldn't have given their precious lives away. Shame on you !!
Booba 9 years ago

please Stephen Richard Bosomtwi-Ayensu you don't believe that So-call men of God like you are the one make God to angry with Ghanaian asking the poor mother to take their children School fees and all they have to your Church ...
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please Stephen Richard Bosomtwi-Ayensu you don't believe that So-call men of God like you are the one make God to angry with Ghanaian asking the poor mother to take their children School fees and all they have to your Church that make suffering
Kwasi Adarkwah - Syi 9 years ago

Useless man who calls himself a man of God. If you are truly a man of God, why don't you heal the land? Mr. liar, stop wasting our ears.

Useless man who calls himself a man of God. If you are truly a man of God, why don't you heal the land? Mr. liar, stop wasting our ears.
KWAME-BELGIUM 9 years ago

The killings of the generals was good for the revolution. This is still a big lesson for the army end politicians a like. In the eyes of this priest and some other greedy people, it's a curse.

The killings of the generals was good for the revolution. This is still a big lesson for the army end politicians a like. In the eyes of this priest and some other greedy people, it's a curse.
Koo 9 years ago

Considering your father was one of those Generals would you say that the killings of the Generals was good? That your JJ Rawlings do you think he is in his right mind????. He wll die a worse die, wait and see the work of God.

Considering your father was one of those Generals would you say that the killings of the Generals was good? That your JJ Rawlings do you think he is in his right mind????. He wll die a worse die, wait and see the work of God.
THE THRUTH HURTS 9 years ago

I REMEMBER SOMEONE SAYING ALL THOSE OVER SIXT SHOULD BE KILLED. SIMILAR TO CAMBODIA.

ONE WAS REV DAMUAH, THE OTHER WAS A LEADER WE ALL KNOW.

IT WILL TAKE 2 GENERATIONS AT LEASE TO REVERSE THIS CURSE IF NOT 3 GENERATIONS ...
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I REMEMBER SOMEONE SAYING ALL THOSE OVER SIXT SHOULD BE KILLED. SIMILAR TO CAMBODIA.

ONE WAS REV DAMUAH, THE OTHER WAS A LEADER WE ALL KNOW.

IT WILL TAKE 2 GENERATIONS AT LEASE TO REVERSE THIS CURSE IF NOT 3 GENERATIONS.

IT IS A FACT OF LIFE.
AKORABS 9 years ago

I was lucky to see 1979 and 1981 as an undergraduate and a young graduate working in the then Ghana. I believe that these events should form part of contemporary history to be taught scholarly and open for debate and dispassi ...
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I was lucky to see 1979 and 1981 as an undergraduate and a young graduate working in the then Ghana. I believe that these events should form part of contemporary history to be taught scholarly and open for debate and dispassionate analysis. As at June 1979, where exactly were we politically? Was Dec. 1981 an act of treason? How did the PNDC metamorphose in the NDC? Where are our state assets that disappeared under the so-called divestiture programme? Until we face these facts , our politics will be forever polarised as it happens to be now. Too many pent up feelings.
ERIC 9 years ago

USELESS,REMEMBER NOT ALL YOUR CHURCH MEMEBERS BELONGS TO YOUR PARTY

USELESS,REMEMBER NOT ALL YOUR CHURCH MEMEBERS BELONGS TO YOUR PARTY
K. M 9 years ago

wht shd we den said to de other youth outside Ghana. Has PNDC gone there to commit evil in other part of the world. this so call big names men of God will soon turn this country down if nothing is done abut it. this clearly s ...
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wht shd we den said to de other youth outside Ghana. Has PNDC gone there to commit evil in other part of the world. this so call big names men of God will soon turn this country down if nothing is done abut it. this clearly so how wicked, unforgiven and infamous man like him when given de chance could do waste like Rawlings did.
Abongo 9 years ago

What about the human heads Ashantis use to bury their dead chiefs. Where do the get those heads from?

What about the human heads Ashantis use to bury their dead chiefs. Where do the get those heads from?
seini 9 years ago

It is very scary reading some of the comments posted here. Some of these comments do not give hope to a polarized nation. They confirm exactly what the Bishop is complaining about. Respect for elders is not only a culture of ...
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It is very scary reading some of the comments posted here. Some of these comments do not give hope to a polarized nation. They confirm exactly what the Bishop is complaining about. Respect for elders is not only a culture of the African in particular, but the natural culture of the human kind. In a democracy,it is ideas that build a nation and not insults, disrespect and intolerance.
Campo are Blaise 9 years ago

Then he used the constitution to protect himself from prosecution. He and his PNDC followers were criminals.

Then he used the constitution to protect himself from prosecution. He and his PNDC followers were criminals.
GoodMan 9 years ago

There were killings before AFRC & PNDC and more killings after Rawlings.More grusome killings for rituals,juju and the rest.What about the killings by armed robbers?Can all these contribute to our sufferings?
The church will ...
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There were killings before AFRC & PNDC and more killings after Rawlings.More grusome killings for rituals,juju and the rest.What about the killings by armed robbers?Can all these contribute to our sufferings?
The church will be the first to be jugded as stated in the scriptures.Think about that.
Kwame 9 years ago

THE SOUND OF A DYING GOAT

THE SOUND OF A DYING GOAT
Boyz-Boyz 9 years ago

THIS DISGRUNTLED OLD NPP FOOT-SOLDER PAA !! YOU AGAIN? CONFESS YOUR SINS FIRST FOR HIDING BEHIND THE CHURCH TO EXECUTE YOUR JOB AS NPP FOOT-SOLDER. PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE RATHER THE CAUSE OF THE CURSE IF THERE IS ANY.

THIS DISGRUNTLED OLD NPP FOOT-SOLDER PAA !! YOU AGAIN? CONFESS YOUR SINS FIRST FOR HIDING BEHIND THE CHURCH TO EXECUTE YOUR JOB AS NPP FOOT-SOLDER. PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE RATHER THE CAUSE OF THE CURSE IF THERE IS ANY.
Boyz-Boyz 9 years ago

THIS OLD MAN NEEDS TO BE ADMITTED AT THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL BEFORE HIS CONDITION WORSEN.

THIS OLD MAN NEEDS TO BE ADMITTED AT THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL BEFORE HIS CONDITION WORSEN.
KnYc(USMC) 9 years ago

Only a fool will support what AFRC/PNDC did. JJ Raw..suit with blood on his hand continue to live rich after killing people just because they where rich. All you people who support JJ Raw..sh..it actions should go and clean h ...
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Only a fool will support what AFRC/PNDC did. JJ Raw..suit with blood on his hand continue to live rich after killing people just because they where rich. All you people who support JJ Raw..sh..it actions should go and clean his hand because is full of blood, MORONS.
HAWA YAKUBU 9 years ago

JJ did not start killing in Ghana. Danquah and Busia started killing in Ghana. Where were you when all the bomb throwing took place.
People like you always preaching violent in the country. You should be charged with subv ...
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JJ did not start killing in Ghana. Danquah and Busia started killing in Ghana. Where were you when all the bomb throwing took place.
People like you always preaching violent in the country. You should be charged with subversive crime. I hope President Mahama will do something about people who hide behind the Bible and preach violent. I think people with such parasitic language suddenly can cause apprehensive feeling on people with unlimited forbearance in their every day life.
The overwhelming reality is that, they are tribalistic preachers and should be seen as such. Go preach to your Ashante brothers whose actions are punctuated with child molestation. They have sex with toddlers with no recompense regrets or feelings. These are the people you should be worrying about and not the past.
Menua Kwadwo 9 years ago

Give us one instance where Danquah and Busia were accused of throwing bombs; please not hearsay, just the facts.

Give us one instance where Danquah and Busia were accused of throwing bombs; please not hearsay, just the facts.
K. Boateng 9 years ago

Hate him or love him, this Minister of God is telling the gospel truth. And you don't expect everybody to like hearing the truth. A lot of you guys baying for the blood of Rev Bosomtwi did not witness the brutal regimes of AF ...
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Hate him or love him, this Minister of God is telling the gospel truth. And you don't expect everybody to like hearing the truth. A lot of you guys baying for the blood of Rev Bosomtwi did not witness the brutal regimes of AFRC and PNDC under Rawlings from June 1979-September 1979, then 1983 to 1999. I don't blame you because you are reacting out of ignorance, and ignorance is worse than EBOLA!
The willful confistication of people's properties/assets; the flogging of Makola market women on their bare buttocks; the brutal assault of university students who dared to challenge the excessive use of force on civilians by the military; the imposition of curfew on the traumatised and fearful population; the culture of fear and silence put on Ghanaians by the regime; the disappearances of perceived enemies of the regime (trumped up charges of planning a coup). Even at the universities (I was at UCC in the early 80s) we could not have any fruitful political debates, because informants would go and report you as an enemy of the regime, and guess what will happen to you.
Now the last straw that broke the carmel's back was the callous, senseless and cold-blooded murder of the 3 High Court Judges and the desperate attempt to burn their bodies. All evidence pointed to the Rawlingses as perpetrators of that barbaric and heinous act. But today he's walking freely and has the guts to talk about injustices and corruption! What sin did the 3 former Heads of State and the high ranking Miliraty officers commit to warrant their execution? Corruption? Is Rawlings not corrupt than the most corrupt person in Gh? Indeed, it was Rawlings who introduced the culture of insults and disrespect for elders in the society. His discredited People Defence Committees (PDCs) and Workers Defence Committees(WDCs) were lawless and indiscipline. Labourers at Legon who were members of WDC could walk into executive meeting chaired by the VC to disrupt it and asked them to vacate their seats for them to occupy and chair the meeting, because they had the power from the illegal regime under Rawlings. They would mal-handle them if they resisted.
So, folks, don't be too quick to skin the Rev alive. He's talking the TRUTH. Rawlings and his scoundrels spilled a lot of blood. They killed a lot of innocent people and they MUST come out openly to confess and ask God and Ghanaians for forgiveness.
I have taken you through the sad memory lane. It's up to you to go to any well-established library to read more about Ghana's dark history under Rawlings.
The worse thing that ever happened to our nation was for Rawlings to illegally rule the people with iron fist for close to 20 years. That's a deep scar in our national history.
I rest my case.

I don't belong to any political party. I have not even voted since I lft the country close to two decades ago. I have dispassionately shared what I witnessed, and saw under Rawlings brutal regimes. If you're in doubt, go and read further.
I'm just an Information Scientist, Political Scientist and International Relations expect, plying my trade somewhere in Southern Africa.
the battle of the poor is for the Lor 9 years ago

The Holy bible says my people perish for lack of knowledge.
The Bible through the Holy Spirit predicted the time that we are in long time ago ,by the apostles in the New Testament.
I will pls beg my fellow human being ...
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The Holy bible says my people perish for lack of knowledge.
The Bible through the Holy Spirit predicted the time that we are in long time ago ,by the apostles in the New Testament.
I will pls beg my fellow human being that,they should get closer to the Bible and know this time that we are inn know
To give you little ideal about it.God says in the last days people will be selfish,mockers,lover of money,slanders,lovers of evil(immorals)greedy,lovers of lies than truth(word of God)difficult times will come,people will be boastful and prides,scoffing at God,ungrateful.etc .2 Timoty verse 3
Can someone tell me whether all these things fit in what is happing in this time that we are in?
But those who believe in their God will prevail becase of their faith in Him.
Prince 9 years ago

Is our honorable man of God saying the former President alone is the one who has committed such crime. Pls has he checked the previous leaders those who killed n man-handled innocent people those we know n those we do not kno ...
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Is our honorable man of God saying the former President alone is the one who has committed such crime. Pls has he checked the previous leaders those who killed n man-handled innocent people those we know n those we do not know. Sir are you also saying that I the prayers; national prayer days by the church n other religions bodies are all in vain????
We need to be fair n objective in our analysis. Pls do you know there are hidden sins which has been committed by people in the nation that probabily nobody knows about.

To single some out like this robs you article of sincere concern for the nation. Sin is is no matter who commits it so if you are talking about sin n curses pls start from the beginning not forgetting our chives n kings who killed innocent people all in the name of rites, traditional beliefs, pacifications, sacrifices n the slave trade - selling fellow citizens for mirror, foreign drinks etc.
Prince 9 years ago

Please men of God do not be making comments like this in the name of God. You bring Christianity out as uninformed community n it betrays your affiliations n make you partisan.

How do you expect to be known to be patrioti ...
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Please men of God do not be making comments like this in the name of God. You bring Christianity out as uninformed community n it betrays your affiliations n make you partisan.

How do you expect to be known to be patriotic n fair if you are talking about a national issues n you make reference to one single person please Jesus deserves better exposure than this
Please Pastors let's presents Jesus, Christianity n the AS KNOWLEDGABLE, INFORMED AND SOLUTION TO THE NATION & not as IGNORANT AND UNINFORMED RELIGION.
THANK YOU.

TO ALL MEN OF GOD LET US BE AHEAD OF ISSUES N BE A SOLUTION TO OUR GENERATION & not A PROBLEM or QUESTIONABLE LEADERS. thanks
Prince 9 years ago

To those who are insulting the man of God please please please IT IS NOT FAIR AT ALL.

CAN YOU PRESENT YOUR COMMENT WITHOUT INSULTS?????

DO YOU KNOW BY INSULTING HIM YOU JUSTIFY HIM ; because he said the youth are not r ...
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To those who are insulting the man of God please please please IT IS NOT FAIR AT ALL.

CAN YOU PRESENT YOUR COMMENT WITHOUT INSULTS?????

DO YOU KNOW BY INSULTING HIM YOU JUSTIFY HIM ; because he said the youth are not respecting the elderly.

What does insult adds to you comment??
Is it insults that adds weight to your delivery??

It's about time we learn to be civil especially on social media.
Thank you for understanding my view.
JAMES Y 9 years ago

Contrary to the assertion of the Reverend, rather the violent removal of Dr Kwame Nkrumah from the throne has brought curse on Ghana. The PNDC revolution was a product of that curse. Unless Ghanaians repent about that action, ...
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Contrary to the assertion of the Reverend, rather the violent removal of Dr Kwame Nkrumah from the throne has brought curse on Ghana. The PNDC revolution was a product of that curse. Unless Ghanaians repent about that action, the curse will continue to bring untold difficulties on the country.
G. K. Berko 9 years ago

This Methodist Pastor is not making it any easier for people to forgive each other and move on with a cleaner sheet. Given the fact that our Coups followed a certain vicious vengeful spiral, we ought to criticize all killings ...
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This Methodist Pastor is not making it any easier for people to forgive each other and move on with a cleaner sheet. Given the fact that our Coups followed a certain vicious vengeful spiral, we ought to criticize all killings that each of them inflicted on innocent folks. Even though the killings under the AFRC were the most public and widespread, we have to come to terms with them to own not only the evil that was involved in the killings but also that which led us to that point.

If that Methodist Pastor strongly believes in this way of appeasing the Powers that hold out fate ransom, he should have long suggested this to the Kufuor Administration to demand such an apology of the perpetrators of Murders during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission sitting.

This is the kind of farcical spiritual claims I hate about our Pastors who criticize Governments only when their Offertory dwindles but remain silent when the Economy is booming and their Congregations fill the Offertory.

If God knows that certain few individuals perpetrated some gruesome crime against the innocent masses of their area, why would God allow a curse from that evil act hang around the necks of those innocent victims for as long as the evil perpetrated refuse to confess their sins? If there is any curse associated with the crimes the Pastor complained about, it would go to those who committed those crimes. Not on the rest of the Citizens who may themselves be victims of the same crimes. The only way the whole Nation may be under any such curse is when we all, collectively, share in the evil that was committed.

Sometimes, I wonder how some of our Pastors attempt to reason for God. These Pastors must not think they are the only folks who have read the Good Old Book, from cover to cover, or had training in Seminaries.

The more people like this Pastor dump all our failures on just the Rawlings' Coup and its collateral damages, the more divisive and antagonistic the Nation gets. What we are all incurring now is a total lack of integrity among us all. Beginning with our Pastors, like this one, to our Politicians in Parliament and Government, we have lost the courage to honor truth and honesty. We have abandoned integrity to embrace and condone Corruption. We have ignored the poor and focused on worshipping the rich. So, all who gets the access to make dirty wealth frantically grab and grab at the expense of the rest.
And our Nation suffers from that. It is that simple!

It is not the murders of other Citizens that could have brought any curse upon us. It could also be our continued denial of culpability in Corruption, bigotry and general fall in our morals.

If the Pastor and his brethren in the service of the Lord have failed in their duties to inculcate the right moral discipline among their congregations who amount to 70% of our Population, he should concede their ineptitude as well, and not blame only the murders for Ghana's stagnation.

If that is how God acts, Rwanda and South Africa, for example, would never see development because some folks in those Nations committed far worse atrocities on their folks than we experienced in Ghana and never confessed their sins.

Long Live Ghana!!!
G. K. Berko 9 years ago

I meant to say:

1). "..all who GET the access to.."

2). "..for as long as the evil PERPETRATORS refuse to confess.."

I meant to say:

1). "..all who GET the access to.."

2). "..for as long as the evil PERPETRATORS refuse to confess.."

'PNDC bloodshed is a curse on the land'- Rev. Bosomtwi

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