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Opinions of Saturday, 27 February 2010

Columnist: Patriot Kaya

RE: The ‘Dark Hand’ In Ghana Politics!

The arguments this guy lines up are without any foundation and completely stupid!
1. The one who led the overthrow of Nkrumah was Kotoka- an Ewe; And there were several Ewes involved in the coup and the leadership of the NLC;
2. Rawlings- an Ewe- led the overthrow of the PNP (an offspring of Nkrumah's CPP) regime, led by President Limann. Several Ewes- among others- visited mayhem upon Ghanaians for 19 years;
3. The murder of the three High Court judges and the Military Officer (all of them Akans) was carried out by an all-Ewe death squad. The only non-Ewe amongst the squad was Amartey Quaye. All the murderers were in Northern Smocks- the implication is quite obvious;
Some of our Ewe brothers like Kwame Agbodza think they can draw a wedge between Asantes and other Akan tribes- especially Fantes. These voodooistic logic and reasoning will fail. Many enlightened Ewes do not want to buy into these nation-wrecking and tribalistic ideas.
I believe Ghanaians do remember Jack (later Paul) Beble who died in the Nsawam Prisons a few years ago. He was supposed to be one of the Apostles of Probity, and one of the Chief Hatchet-Men of the Ewe-led 'Revolution' from 1981 to 1992. He later led a gang of Ewe relatives to rob a Gold-Bullion van- from Obuasi in Asante; and robbed it of its gold contents. He and his bandits were fully armed.
But for the vigilance and the crusading spirit of Kweku Baako and his Crusading Guide; this heinous crime would have been covered up by these Voodoo criminals.
So my friend Agbodza- except you want to be seen as a completely ill-informed and misguided Ewe, stop this nonsense talk and let us all join hands to build our country. You are an enemy to your tribe and the future of your own children and Ghana; if you continue peddling these nonsensical and crazy ideas.
I have so many Ewe friends and relations. Some of them are like Abgodza to a larger or smaller degree. Most are however very decent minded gentlemen and fellow patriots.
Ghana will move forward with all patriots from all the tribes. But crazy men like Agbodza, if they fail to repent of their devilish intensions will not have a portion in it.
God bless all Ghanaians who eschew the 'filth of Agbodza' and embrace the spirit of truth, fairness, justice and equity.