How Major General Odartey Wellington was assassinated in the June 4 revolution

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aquandah 1 year ago

Odartey wellington was killed by L/cpl George Asamoah,5th battalion of infantry,support company now residing in usa

Odartey wellington was killed by L/cpl George Asamoah,5th battalion of infantry,support company now residing in usa
Operation Guitar Boy. If you see mami water ooo never never run awayyyyyy 1 year ago

The prisoners at Nima Police station personally appealed to the soldiers to shoot Odartey Wellington to death because he is a fellow thief hiding under the counter back

The prisoners at Nima Police station personally appealed to the soldiers to shoot Odartey Wellington to death because he is a fellow thief hiding under the counter back
Mensa 1 year ago

Stupid liar

Stupid liar
The Spear 1 year ago

What's a lie?

Try finding out from Bank of Ghana how the money Kutu Acheampong ordered printed came short on delivery to the Bank (If there's anyone among the current employees who remember, and IF the bank still have the ...
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What's a lie?

Try finding out from Bank of Ghana how the money Kutu Acheampong ordered printed came short on delivery to the Bank (If there's anyone among the current employees who remember, and IF the bank still have the records to show).

Ignatius Kutu Acheampong had new bills printed including 50 Cedis notes and waiting at the ports for delivery to the BoG. In the interim, Fred Akufo had him arrested and confined for corruption.

Before the money was delivered to the Bank, Fred Akufo and Odartey Wellington stole a huge part of the 50 notes. When the junior officers had wind of it, it sped their eagerness and resolve to remove the interim government, the SMC II, before they started using the 50 Cedis notes which had the potential of driving even more inflation.

When the coup succeeded, the first thing Rawlings and his men did was to immediately block the use of the 50 notes and issued directives for the bank to withdraw its use, because they knew exactly how much money and the serials were missing. Some of the money was retrieved from Odartey's bed room!

If you don't know history, listen to people who were around.
Dave 1 year ago

JJ RAWLINGS AND THE NDC HAS REALLY SAVED GHANA.

JJ RAWLINGS AND THE NDC HAS REALLY SAVED GHANA.
KBM t 1 year ago

Stupid, the revolution did nothing but to produce this nasty NDC

Stupid, the revolution did nothing but to produce this nasty NDC
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BugaBuga 1 year ago

IT IS SURPRISING THAT WITH ALL THESE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND BRUTALITIES THE NDC IS STILL PROUD TO TRACE ITS HISTORY TO PNDC. THEY WILL NOT EVEN FO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. MAHAMA IS PROUD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THEIR R ...
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IT IS SURPRISING THAT WITH ALL THESE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND BRUTALITIES THE NDC IS STILL PROUD TO TRACE ITS HISTORY TO PNDC. THEY WILL NOT EVEN FO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. MAHAMA IS PROUD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THEIR ROOTS ARE FROM VIOLENCE THEY CAN BE EXTREMELY VIOLENT AND THAT NO POLITICAL PARTY CAN MATCH THEM WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE. GOD WILL PAY YOU GUYS IN TRIPLES AND FOREVER. MARK IT IN YOUR DIARIES TODAY. NKWASEASEM NE AWURKASEM.
Shit hole 1 year ago

Former President Kuffour was the then under Secretary for foreign Affairs in the PNDC government ok ..Akuffo addo was part of those who came our to demonstrate for the soldiers tho kill officers

Former President Kuffour was the then under Secretary for foreign Affairs in the PNDC government ok ..Akuffo addo was part of those who came our to demonstrate for the soldiers tho kill officers
Atta Obeng site 19 Tema 1 year ago

Those of us who are witness to the June 4th revolution will salute those soldiers because they were brave unlike today's soldiers who have been bought by Akuffo Addo whose administration is as useless than the the administrat ...
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Those of us who are witness to the June 4th revolution will salute those soldiers because they were brave unlike today's soldiers who have been bought by Akuffo Addo whose administration is as useless than the the administration that JJ over threw
Kwaku 1 year ago

Shame on you your mother had not even planned for you by then.Like Gen Akwasi Afrifa who was enjoying his retirement at home brought to Accra and killed.John Mahama will suffer the same if June 4th shd happened again

Shame on you your mother had not even planned for you by then.Like Gen Akwasi Afrifa who was enjoying his retirement at home brought to Accra and killed.John Mahama will suffer the same if June 4th shd happened again
JACK TORONTO 1 year ago

If John MAHAMA will suffer same, then Nana AKUFFU ADDO'S family must be eliminated from the earth.

If John MAHAMA will suffer same, then Nana AKUFFU ADDO'S family must be eliminated from the earth.
Chester 1 year ago

Exactly

Exactly
Maame Abenah 1 year ago

Afrifa was a greedy traitor and CIA agent who got what he deserved.

Afrifa was a greedy traitor and CIA agent who got what he deserved.
SAEED OSMAN 1 year ago

Thank you Atenga, what we have now is a bunch of cowards who are in the uniform for the money and corruption and nothing to with protecting the people and the constitution else how could our only worse government still in pow ...
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Thank you Atenga, what we have now is a bunch of cowards who are in the uniform for the money and corruption and nothing to with protecting the people and the constitution else how could our only worse government still in power. As we talk every single part of Ghana is a crime scene. Our soldiers are now NPP card bearing members. Unscrupulous, corrupt Nana Addo has corrupted all our institutions.
Daniel Brew, London 1 year ago

Saaed, following your logic, the UK Army is the most coward worldwide. They haven't staged any coup in spite of the recent unprecedented hardships post-Brexit, post-covid, and Russia-Ukraine wa.r. ONLY FOOLS LIKE YOU SEE COUP ...
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Saaed, following your logic, the UK Army is the most coward worldwide. They haven't staged any coup in spite of the recent unprecedented hardships post-Brexit, post-covid, and Russia-Ukraine wa.r. ONLY FOOLS LIKE YOU SEE COUPS AS SOLUTIONS. ADOI.
NDC IS A CURSE 1 year ago

WE WHO WITNESSED JUNE 4TH WILL FOREVER CALL JJ AND HIS MEN AS ARMED ROBBERS AND HARDENED CRIMINALS WHO WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN UNIFORM. THEY KILLED ALL THESE HONEST SOLDIERS JUST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE RICH IN 24 HOURS. ...
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WE WHO WITNESSED JUNE 4TH WILL FOREVER CALL JJ AND HIS MEN AS ARMED ROBBERS AND HARDENED CRIMINALS WHO WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN UNIFORM. THEY KILLED ALL THESE HONEST SOLDIERS JUST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE RICH IN 24 HOURS. THOSE IDIOTS, FOOLS AND LAZY LUNATICS WHO ALWAYS PRAISE THESE KILLERS WHAT DID YOU AS A GHANAIAN BENEFIT FROM THEIR BARBARIC JUNE 4TH?
Samus 1 year ago

Nice comment my friend. Look at the houses of Rawlings in Accra and in the Volta region, which one of the people he killed ever lived in those kind of houses?

Nice comment my friend. Look at the houses of Rawlings in Accra and in the Volta region, which one of the people he killed ever lived in those kind of houses?
Abrante pa 1 year ago

Foolish man

Foolish man
Chester 1 year ago

If you know, you know. Some of those making all the noise were not even born by then. Smfh

If you know, you know. Some of those making all the noise were not even born by then. Smfh
Kwame Peter 1 year ago

The army officer who killed the injured Odartey-Wellington should be unmasked and put on trial for murder even now.We have been too condescending as a nation with the “fama nyame” nonsense as smokescreen to do nothing.The ...
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The army officer who killed the injured Odartey-Wellington should be unmasked and put on trial for murder even now.We have been too condescending as a nation with the “fama nyame” nonsense as smokescreen to do nothing.The government and people of Chile pursued Gen Pinochet for the murder of President Allende Salvador an other atrocities committed during the overthrow of the Allende government and we all saw it, but in Ghana criminals who committed similar atrocities have had the undeserved privilege of dying surrendered by their loved ones because of our “fama Nyame” so do nothing attitude.
Minister At Large 1 year ago

Remember those killed during 2020 elections too

Remember those killed during 2020 elections too
Samus 1 year ago

Who sent them to street? The children of those who sent them are living in DUBAI, EUROPA and NORTH AMERICA. Those who went there to die were fools

Who sent them to street? The children of those who sent them are living in DUBAI, EUROPA and NORTH AMERICA. Those who went there to die were fools
SAEED OSMAN 1 year ago

99% of Ghanaians think those soldiers MUST be rewarded. The only problem is that the killing has stopped and unscrupulous and criminals like Nana Addo and Ofori Atta have taken corruption and in your face stealing to a differ ...
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99% of Ghanaians think those soldiers MUST be rewarded. The only problem is that the killing has stopped and unscrupulous and criminals like Nana Addo and Ofori Atta have taken corruption and in your face stealing to a different level.
Jerry 1 year ago

Rawlings stole far more than Akufo-Addo. He stole both the lives of many, many Ghanaians and wantonly abused their property. Even his own daughter is not ashamed to tell the whole nation that Rawlings used airplanes bought b ...
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Rawlings stole far more than Akufo-Addo. He stole both the lives of many, many Ghanaians and wantonly abused their property. Even his own daughter is not ashamed to tell the whole nation that Rawlings used airplanes bought by the Ghanaian taxpayer to train his children flying at the age of 13. To her and her siblings, Ghana’s airplanes were Rawlings family property. Meanwhile the terrorism unleashed by Rawlings and his ruthless gangs of blood-thirsty criminals made the hardworking Ghanaian afraid to give their children even a good bicycle ride. Only the ignorant or the vile will praise the Rawlings dirt.
First Offer 1 year ago

Ghanaweb is now managed by pro Npp group . They have started the anti- Rawlings/NDC stories to deceive you to ignore important recent economic/ governance issues such as; exchange rates, high cost of living, electricity and w ...
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Ghanaweb is now managed by pro Npp group . They have started the anti- Rawlings/NDC stories to deceive you to ignore important recent economic/ governance issues such as; exchange rates, high cost of living, electricity and water shortages, poor implementation of fshs ,high indebtedness to NHIS providers, corruption related issues, state capture and the regrettable politicization of key public institutions etc. They’ve used this strategy ever since simply because they see the masses that vote for them as fools. Wise up!!!
Pelicles 1 year ago

Whatever your name, John Mahama will lose the next election and it will be historic. Mark this prediction anywhere.

Some of you have no idea the effect of covid on the world. When was the last time, since you were born tha ...
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Whatever your name, John Mahama will lose the next election and it will be historic. Mark this prediction anywhere.

Some of you have no idea the effect of covid on the world. When was the last time, since you were born that a pandemic came where the entire world trade came to an abrupt end where planes do not fly, ships do not travel on oceans, people were told not to do anything but stay home. Businesses were closed and people were laid off. When did you witness such a catastrophic even, when?

Do you think the world economic will not face any hardship after covid ease its tentacles off the humanity? So, all government especially third world countries will feel the pinch so, talking like you just pop up from the ground and blaming the dirt on you, is the posture of a loser.

What crisis did Mahama face as president?
1FISHERMAN 1 year ago

So, was it covid and Russia Ukraine war that encouraged Ghana to borrow beyond its capacity to pay back, you mean. Brainwashed sycophantic lizard.

So, was it covid and Russia Ukraine war that encouraged Ghana to borrow beyond its capacity to pay back, you mean. Brainwashed sycophantic lizard.
Kwami 1 year ago

Only Ghana suffered covid and gave us this economic mess. And npp is not yet ashamed to be singing this Covid song. Your bottom has been exposed by the exchange rate .Your excessive borrowing and wantom corruption has impover ...
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Only Ghana suffered covid and gave us this economic mess. And npp is not yet ashamed to be singing this Covid song. Your bottom has been exposed by the exchange rate .Your excessive borrowing and wantom corruption has impoverished many Ghanaians. I pray that npp goes to rest after the elections.
TALLERSTER NICHOLAS 1 year ago

STOP IT PELICLES!
The covid-19 pandemic did not affect only Ghana. The economic situation in our neighboring countries clearly betrays NPP''s constant attempts to use covid-19 as a smokescreen to hid the incompetence and mas ...
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STOP IT PELICLES!
The covid-19 pandemic did not affect only Ghana. The economic situation in our neighboring countries clearly betrays NPP''s constant attempts to use covid-19 as a smokescreen to hid the incompetence and massive corruption of the Akufo-Addo's government.
Yes covid-19 came as a problem for the whole world but be honest enough to admit that the NPP government benefited immensely from it by way of financial in-pour in an attempt to control the situation.
I always pity those who have been supporting and defending this horrible government. I don't blame you PELICLES because it appears you are a Beneficiary of this misrule being perpetrated by the corrupt Akufo-Addo's government.
The time has come for Ghanaians with human brains to start thinking about the nation's welfare and not tribes and political parties. PELICLES, IT IS TIME TO PUT YOUR PLAIN HATRED ASIDE AND START THINKING.LIKE A NATIONAL OF GHANA AND NOT A TRIBAL ANIMAL.
Pelicles 1 year ago

Why did Mahama go to the IMF? Any reason? By the way, do you know that without the Asantehene, the IMF wouldn't have entertained your darling and faultless Mahama. Mahama went to the IMF for what reason?

Why did Mahama go to the IMF? Any reason? By the way, do you know that without the Asantehene, the IMF wouldn't have entertained your darling and faultless Mahama. Mahama went to the IMF for what reason?
First Offer 1 year ago

I won’t respond to automated comments. My message is for those who seek truth. Don’t allow tribe and extreme partisanship cloud your judgement. We’ve a country to build not ethnicity, religion or party

I won’t respond to automated comments. My message is for those who seek truth. Don’t allow tribe and extreme partisanship cloud your judgement. We’ve a country to build not ethnicity, religion or party
Maame Abenah 1 year ago

Ofui Pericles! What did your Akuffo Addo do with thd 4 biillion dollars he received from the World Bank and other sources? Why are fools like you still allowed to comment on social media?

Ofui Pericles! What did your Akuffo Addo do with thd 4 biillion dollars he received from the World Bank and other sources? Why are fools like you still allowed to comment on social media?
Maame Abenah 1 year ago

Ofui Pericles! What did your Akuffo Addo do with thd 4 biillion dollars he received from the World Bank and other sources BECAUSE OF COVID?

Ofui Pericles! What did your Akuffo Addo do with thd 4 biillion dollars he received from the World Bank and other sources BECAUSE OF COVID?
Isaac 1 year ago

You people are foolish. You are suffering today because of Akuffo Addo but you fear to voice out but talking about 1970's issues. You can't even eat 3 meal square a day but fear to talk. Foolish journalist of the century.

You people are foolish. You are suffering today because of Akuffo Addo but you fear to voice out but talking about 1970's issues. You can't even eat 3 meal square a day but fear to talk. Foolish journalist of the century.
Fairman 1 year ago

Most people lived through those harrowing times of insecurity and the reason why any person or group of persons breeding the awakening of such situations must stop in the name of the Almighty Lord.

Most people lived through those harrowing times of insecurity and the reason why any person or group of persons breeding the awakening of such situations must stop in the name of the Almighty Lord.
Konadu Agyemine Rawlings of Ejisu flat buttocks 1 year ago

NPP fear JJ like kakai. They nicodamously went to beg JJ to forgive them and stop dealing with them. Now they have got it cheap with the God fearing Father for All Prof Evans Atta Mills and Mahama. They have started fooling t ...
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NPP fear JJ like kakai. They nicodamously went to beg JJ to forgive them and stop dealing with them. Now they have got it cheap with the God fearing Father for All Prof Evans Atta Mills and Mahama. They have started fooling their matemeho nkwaseasem again. Another JJ will soon emerge
ROG 1 year ago

JUNE 4TH WAS NOT A REVOLUTION!

It was a military revolt by by junior officers and men against the ruling military dictatorship. Stop the fake categorization and sick idolization of the military brutes who seized power and ...
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JUNE 4TH WAS NOT A REVOLUTION!

It was a military revolt by by junior officers and men against the ruling military dictatorship. Stop the fake categorization and sick idolization of the military brutes who seized power and established another corrupt dictatorship!
COWARDS 1 year ago

One sided report. Do you know the number of loyal soldiers who the great Odartey Wellington killed before he was overpowered after shortage of his bullets? Odartey showed bravery that day. That was why Rawlings saluted his co ...
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One sided report. Do you know the number of loyal soldiers who the great Odartey Wellington killed before he was overpowered after shortage of his bullets? Odartey showed bravery that day. That was why Rawlings saluted his corpse and kept his uniform intact as a sign of remembrance of a great soldier not cowards as we see today.
Odjame 1 year ago

You are on point . Odartey killed a lot of soldiers from 37 through Kanda to Nima police cells before he was finally killed . Those idiot diluting what happened must shut up . The time is more ripe for another house cleaning

You are on point . Odartey killed a lot of soldiers from 37 through Kanda to Nima police cells before he was finally killed . Those idiot diluting what happened must shut up . The time is more ripe for another house cleaning
Simon 1 year ago

Write your comment Kwaku your mother, that time were you born, you people talk any how like napo.

Write your comment Kwaku your mother, that time were you born, you people talk any how like napo.
Solomon 1 year ago

Major General Odartey Willington,
Rip The soldiers friend.

Major General Odartey Willington,
Rip The soldiers friend.
Jay Z 1 year ago

JJ should have killed a lot of people but instead he left them and they are operating today destroying this beautiful country

JJ should have killed a lot of people but instead he left them and they are operating today destroying this beautiful country
Spio 1 year ago

Ndc and ghanaweb has no message

Ndc and ghanaweb has no message
zinc 1 year ago

DNC will lose come 7th Dec. 2024 and will disappear gradually. Anytime a cruel dictator dies, his party dies with him: eg. Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco Baldamonte, etc. Even Kwame Nkrumah as a dictator wa ...
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DNC will lose come 7th Dec. 2024 and will disappear gradually. Anytime a cruel dictator dies, his party dies with him: eg. Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco Baldamonte, etc. Even Kwame Nkrumah as a dictator was not cruel, but his party died with him..
AGATAPORE (SANDEMA) 1 year ago

oh God "Why should the good one die protecting the corrupt ones" JJ Rawlings ? Let the blood flow.

oh God "Why should the good one die protecting the corrupt ones" JJ Rawlings ? Let the blood flow.
THINK TWICE 1 year ago

This stories won't take anything from the NDC victory. Ghanaians are poised and want to live like Yankees, Germans, British etc, to hell with your backward baits

This stories won't take anything from the NDC victory. Ghanaians are poised and want to live like Yankees, Germans, British etc, to hell with your backward baits
Me - Me 1 year ago

You journalists must learn to use the right word in your narrations. Odartey was not assassinated. He fought back defending the SMC and ended bring killed during the exchanges. He finished his bullets and took refuge in Nima ...
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You journalists must learn to use the right word in your narrations. Odartey was not assassinated. He fought back defending the SMC and ended bring killed during the exchanges. He finished his bullets and took refuge in Nima police station. He was pulled out and finished. If he had surrended he would have been killed. He fought and lost, period. This can happen again.
Dan 1 year ago

Here in Ghana we trivialised every political situation blaming everyone especially when the people involved are none Akans. Most commentators are ready to castigate Rawlings for both June 4th and January 31st '81 but these tw ...
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Here in Ghana we trivialised every political situation blaming everyone especially when the people involved are none Akans. Most commentators are ready to castigate Rawlings for both June 4th and January 31st '81 but these two events have brought us today the democracy which Akuffo Addo is bent on destroying.
Do you guys no home many innocent citizens including civilians lost their lives in 1966 coup?
Here again everyone blames Kotoka and leaves out the main characters. Ashantis are the most cowards in Ghana. They always hid behind other tribes to commit mayhem and then blame those but themselves. Yes, General Acheampong was great a leader but his friends including General Fred Akuffo including Odartey Lamptey were bad enough.
Without Rawlings coming on the political scene Ghana would have been sold by these NPP folks and would have subjected anyone who isn't an Ashanti or Akyem into slavery again. Look at the times Ghanaian youths and thank God that at every moment when Ghanaians are helpless God sends a liberator to deliver us from those who are bent on taking Ghana hostage. In 1947 it was Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, in 1972 it was General Acheampong, in 1979 it was Rawlings; in 1981 it was Rawlings once again and now in 2024 it'll be another sent messenger in John Mahama to deliver Ghana from the hands of another pillaging mafia gangsters elected to rule over Ghana but rather stealing everything put in their care. Thank Rawlings unless you belong to the same group who wants to own Ghana as their property. Think !
Kuraata 1 year ago

No amount of history can save the foolish part npp led by a foolish old thief nana Addo and the empty head Bawumia from going into opposition come 7th December 2024

No amount of history can save the foolish part npp led by a foolish old thief nana Addo and the empty head Bawumia from going into opposition come 7th December 2024
Emmanuel 1 year ago

Rawlings did not stage the June Fourth revolt. JJ Rawlings tried his unsuccessful revolution in May 1979 and it was foiled. Captain Boakye Gyan and his group overthrew the SMC 2 regime and they brought Rawlings as Chairman of ...
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Rawlings did not stage the June Fourth revolt. JJ Rawlings tried his unsuccessful revolution in May 1979 and it was foiled. Captain Boakye Gyan and his group overthrew the SMC 2 regime and they brought Rawlings as Chairman of the AFRC. Someone must please authenticate this assertion for me, because the event of revolt has been a long time.
The Spear 1 year ago

About 85% of Ghanaians don't know this. Even the second coup was a plot by the Northern Brothers. JJ Was invited in, and he took part because he was being hounded by the Limann government though gentleman Limann wasn't himse ...
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About 85% of Ghanaians don't know this. Even the second coup was a plot by the Northern Brothers. JJ Was invited in, and he took part because he was being hounded by the Limann government though gentleman Limann wasn't himself interested in hurting JJ.
Blema Duade 1 year ago

U are right my brother.

U are right my brother.
Rash 1 year ago

the most stupid soldiers on the planet are the Ghana military,cowards and beggers

the most stupid soldiers on the planet are the Ghana military,cowards and beggers
Minister At Large 1 year ago

Maj.Gen Odartey Wellington was not assassinated. He was killed in action. Ghanaweb will you write something small about the killing of 8 innocent Ghanaians during the 2020 general elections? will you tell us who were the brai ...
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Maj.Gen Odartey Wellington was not assassinated. He was killed in action. Ghanaweb will you write something small about the killing of 8 innocent Ghanaians during the 2020 general elections? will you tell us who were the brain behind the overthrow of CPP regime of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah?
Shit hole 1 year ago

Major General Odartey Wellington was not the only person was assassinated in line duty ..several innocent individuals who were not solider also die...stop there craps

Major General Odartey Wellington was not the only person was assassinated in line duty ..several innocent individuals who were not solider also die...stop there craps
KK 1 year ago

All these soldiers were killed for the few JJ and co to enrich themselves - teaching his 18 yrs Zenator how to pilot a helicopter when others had been made orphans and widows
Evil people

All these soldiers were killed for the few JJ and co to enrich themselves - teaching his 18 yrs Zenator how to pilot a helicopter when others had been made orphans and widows
Evil people
Nat 1 year ago

Rehashing this story has not served it's purpose of creating disaffection for the NDC. The PNDC restored social justice. Before PNDC, Sunyani and the rest of the northern regions were not connected to the National electrici ...
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Rehashing this story has not served it's purpose of creating disaffection for the NDC. The PNDC restored social justice. Before PNDC, Sunyani and the rest of the northern regions were not connected to the National electricity. They were connected to generetors which were shut down at 6pm each day. Rawlings and the PNDC embarked on mass electrification of the Nation. This is a great development under Rawlings led PNDC.
Achakanapaya 1 year ago

I miss 1979 this time around. Ghana needs another 1979. Bloody one.

I miss 1979 this time around. Ghana needs another 1979. Bloody one.
Chester 1 year ago

Some people are here talking as if J.J was the first to stage a coup in Ghana. Those days, coup was happening back to back. Even before J.J rose up, there was another group who were planning to stage a coup. The difference wa ...
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Some people are here talking as if J.J was the first to stage a coup in Ghana. Those days, coup was happening back to back. Even before J.J rose up, there was another group who were planning to stage a coup. The difference was that, the previous coups were being staged by the senior army offices like the Generals and they were just using the Junior ranks to enrich themselves. The generals were using the new recruits and boys begrade to do the duty job. J.J was not the initial coup planner. The Junior ranks were already planning a coup and they needed a leader. J.J was a junior officer and because he was the only officer who respected the new recruits/ Junior ranks, they whispered into his ears to lead them. Boakye Djan and other Junior ranks were all following J.J to his mother's work place to eat because she was a cook at the State House. J.Js family wasn't poor those days like some people wanted to portray. He was feeding many of the Junior ranks so they all loved him. During the revolt, Odartey went to GBC and he managed to kill most of the soldiers there. They later turned against him and chased him to the police station and killed him. Odartey wasn't a saint. J.J saved Ghana. Believe it or not. Some of us were at the Burma Camp. We know what happened.
George K Gyamfi 1 year ago

This reportage is wrong. I was16 years at the time and remember clearly when this major General wellington got into an armored vehicle and went on a killing spree if innocent along the streets of Accra before being captured a ...
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This reportage is wrong. I was16 years at the time and remember clearly when this major General wellington got into an armored vehicle and went on a killing spree if innocent along the streets of Accra before being captured and killed. It was an act of cowardice on his part. So let us tell the true story
Joeman 1 year ago

Rawlings the saviour

Rawlings the saviour

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