'I was heartbroken when I found out we had to overthrow Nkrumah' - Major Adjei-Ampofo (Rtd)

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  • Osei Assibey 1 day ago

    This Should not have Surprised You Because Kwame Had Then Become A Dictator.In Fact The Soldiers Did Excellent Job By Removing Him From Office

  • Observer 1 day ago

    Rawlings, afrifa, those other nasty politicians who would kill even their mother to become president are not dictators but the Nkrumah who sacrificed his life not just for Ghana but Africa is the dictator. I can clearly see A ...
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  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    @Observer.. it is funny these same so called consummate democrats supported and had friend in Apartheid South Africa and Félix Houphouët-Boigny who stayed in office for over 33 years.

    They even support the oppression of ...
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  • FRANKIE 1 day ago

    This is testimony that the legendary Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Africa's greatest personality of all time simply never dies. The man has magnificently and menacingly and mercurially and manifestly resurrected in front of the ...
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  • Kwaseato 1 day ago

    Houphet Boigney was a free market, freedom loving, development conscious leader whereas Nkrumah focused on rhetoric, me alone, dictatorship, Communist deceptive mindset. Compare Ivory Coast to Ghana today, and see which count ...
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  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    Can you compare Ghana and Burkina?

    Ivory Coast, 322,462 square kilometers

    Ghana, 239,567 square kilometers

    Comparing countries is not as simple as comparing orange and apples, boy.

    Since you people think Nkrumah w ...
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  • Kwame not Quame 1 day ago

    Spare me your nonsense,, How many years did Afrifa ruled Ghana

  • Omega 1 day ago

    Kwaku was a "dictator", i guess dictating a clear path to progress and developnent with an emancipated mind. Those with their brains washed wanted to still be the colonialist's pets

  • Nana 1 day ago

    So how far is the democracy with us as a country and people are stealing millions whilst we struggle to develop,people like you shouldn't still be alive, fool

  • chief vandal 1 day ago

    What is your definition of a dictator? Was Rawlings a dictator?

  • Yabi Yabi 1 day ago

    Ghanaians like you are either followers with herd mentality or too dumb to have the capacity for research, analysis and evaluation of a subject to arrive at an educated conclusion.

    The people who have thrown any and all ac ...
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  • Kofi Sam 1 day ago

    Assibey your cohorts were throwing bombs,maiming and killing innocent souls just to come to power to loot.The reason why Preventive Detention Act (PDA) came into force and the enemies of the state misinformed and deceived Gha ...
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  • Xxx 1 day ago

    Ass hole

  • SAKU 1 day ago

    Confession of one's shortcomings is good. You are forgiven.

  • Frank Agyena -Karikari. 1 day ago

    As for Nkrumah, he facilitated his own overthrow. He wanted Ghana to be a One Party State and also become her President for life. He also started to steer Ghana and some African countries towards the Soviet Union at a time wh ...
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  • em7053 1 day ago

    Nonsense.

  • anokwale 1 day ago

    @Frank Agyena-Karikari. You will remain a fool till you leave this Earth and go Hell!

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    He has been cursed by the Gods.

    Thank God he left the shores of our homeland.

    May he never return as he wish it.

  • Gonja Mafia 1 day ago

    Did you read and understand what Frank wrote, why insulting, if you have any different views from what Frank wrote bring it up and stop the insulting, it doesn't help anyone.

  • Blacks are wicked. 1 day ago

    Son of the bitch you'll remain dog for the rest of your miserable life Ofui.

  • Kwasi Barimpa 1 day ago

    You will rather go to HELL and rot.
    Some of us who witnessed the later part of Nkrumah's reign know what Karikari is saying is perfectly TRUE.

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    @Kwaku.. if you were indeed alive in the last years of Nkrumah's rule then you surely have not learnt any wisdom that comes with age.

    Go to any of these high end democracies of Europe and America and try the number of assa ...
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  • Kwaseato 1 day ago

    Why do Trokosis love dictatorships and Russia. I know why. It's because they know they can't impose their will on others in a Democracy because of their small population. The only way for them to gain power is through dictato ...
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  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    Who has mentioned tribe here?

    You are not worth my time.

  • The Spear 19 hours ago

    Trokosi is now a tribe?

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    @Frank.. let me tell you something you've not observed!

    Our great ancestors disgraced all the actors who perpetuated this act of treachery. None of them enjoyed their booty.

    From Ankrah the disgraced bribe taker, to Ko ...
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  • SENECA 1 day ago

    10/10/10/10/10/10! Thank you, sir, you've said it all so eloquently.

  • Great one 1 day ago

    You are probably one of the very few Ghanaians who are unbiased in your assessment, I read Nkrumah's files from declassified documents from the archives in Prague

    His handler was a Czechoslovakia citizen and the contact m ...
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  • SENECA 1 day ago

    Great One? Ha ha ha, the only thing thats great about you is your ignorance and penchant for unashamedly peddling lies, fake news and jandam! "Declassified reports" my foot!

  • Great one 1 day ago

    @SENECA, your problem is what would someone be doing on Ghanaweb if indeed I am capable of having such access to classified documents in Prague as I am talking about, well if you must know, I had been to Ghana twice and know ...
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  • SENECA 1 day ago

    Of course with preposterous comments like yours all over the place, it's no wonder even you think our news is hilarious! Bullshit like yours is now common currency because of social media. Have a nice day!

  • BLAIR IS BAWUIMIA'S MENTOR 1 day ago

    Thank God you think he is among a few Ghanaians who does not know how to be biased for your country like all the criminals who make up the countries of Eastern Europe. No one trust you people.

    Nkrumah trusted the East to h ...
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  • Great one 1 day ago

    Incidentally Nkrumah died in Romania under Romanian strong man Nicolae Ceaușescu, find out what happened to the man.

    You know what is worse, it is someone who thinks he is intelligent but does not know that he's not.

    ...
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  • BLAIR IS BAWUIMIA'S MENTOR 1 day ago

    Oh, are you trying to cry for sympathy from me.

    Why can't you mind your business. I feel sorry for any Ghanaian who would trust a Romanian.

    Who is discussing intelligence here?

    Why don't go on and share with Frank s ...
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  • Jojo Ghana 1 day ago

    Major Adjei-Ampafu pls keep quiet over there. If the coup had failed you would have been arrested and executed by firing squad. You are a Busia/Danquah solider and by the way what did NLC achieve for Ghana nothing?. What did ...
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  • Asamoah 1 day ago

    Karikari foold. Uncle Sam is IRS.. u talk anyhow without thinking

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  • Kennedy Agyepong 1 day ago

    Nonsense, why didn't u run away to inform the few loyal soldiers that day. U enjoyed the loot of NPP fathers....matemeho people led by Busia,Dombo, Akuffo Addo,Quaison Sackey grand father of Apio Markin the extortionist

  • TWEAA DC 1 day ago

    SO, DID MAJOR ADJEI-AMPOFO SUPPORT THE OVERTHROW OF NKRUMAH OR NOT?...WHY DIDN'T HE ORGANISE A COUNTER COUP?...NKRUMAH STARTED VERY WELL BUT BECAME A DICTATOR AND MADE HIMSELF PRESIDENT FOR LIFE...WHY?...I WAS A MEMBER OF NK ...
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  • KWASI IN EUROPE 1 day ago

    Your overthrow of Nkrumah has finally landed Ghana into the NDC toilet.

  • Doctor Ding Dong (DDD) 1 day ago

    These are all trash and snow from yesterday. We don't need this stuff for anything good at our time today. What has prompted the Major to come out here with this old stuff after decade ? Is there any implications behind it we ...
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  • Kwaku Tawiah 1 day ago

    Ghanaweb your writers are either lazy or completely amateur. Why do they like repeating themselves always . Your outfit is not fit for purpose . Tweaaaa.

  • Saviyo 1 day ago

    He is still granting interviews and talking thrash. This should be hang for treason Nkwasia panyin

  • chief vandal 1 day ago

    You are very right. Yes tied for treason!

  • Alex 1 day ago

    Why must this issue about Nkrumah overthrow split Ghanaians into factions based on sentiments and not logic, l mean facts, in-depth analysis based on logical thinking.
    It seems even our intellectuals appear to be failing us.

  • D. D. 1 day ago

    Generally, whenever history is lovely then, the truth had never been written is said. As usual few may always support the negative. The contemporary or Kwame Nkrumah rejected his ideology, dictatorship and socialism as his d ...
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  • D. D. 1 day ago

    Sorry more typing mistakes

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    If you read the article you would also have found Adjei-Ampofo is one of the soldiers or for you a living 'ancestor' who has realised his wayward ways and regrets his actions for joining the overthrow by selfish people.

    Ma ...
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  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    If they know better, they would have created a far better Ghana after they removed him.
    Hey, they only started the corruption and bribes months into his overthrow.
    Did you ever read Julius Caesar, the plabeins always act gu ...
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  • Edward 1 day ago

    Masa stop that. The 1960 Republican constitution of Ghana had an enshrined provision that empowered you to disobey unlawful orders. An order to partake in a coup d’état is an unlawful one. You these disoriented and indisci ...
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  • Kwame 9 hours ago

    Osei Assibey, from my lessons on the state in Political Science, the state is a dictatorship. There is no single state in the world that is not a dictatorship.
    The countries that paid members of the Ghana Army and Police to ...
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