Rawlings saved me from facing firing squad - Appiah Ofori

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Shamu 10 years ago

Even if this man mention the great Rawlings name, our mind will not buy his story. Rawlings is the best African leader any African country has ever got. So please please stop playing with such an access to our motherland.

Even if this man mention the great Rawlings name, our mind will not buy his story. Rawlings is the best African leader any African country has ever got. So please please stop playing with such an access to our motherland.
Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

JJ did a lot of bad and good things.
The bad things such as killing of innocent citizens and the good things such as killing and silencing armed robbers in an instant. Also his law that helped modernized our Akan system of i ...
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JJ did a lot of bad and good things.
The bad things such as killing of innocent citizens and the good things such as killing and silencing armed robbers in an instant. Also his law that helped modernized our Akan system of inheritance. No more Wofa woho and driving Akan widows from their marital homes.
LACK OF KNOLWLEDGE MY.......... 10 years ago

PC, let me ask you this question: Was your arrest warranted or deserved? if you answer is no then Rawlings deserve no freaking credit for anything. It only consolidate what we already know that, Rawlings and his bandits were ...
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PC, let me ask you this question: Was your arrest warranted or deserved? if you answer is no then Rawlings deserve no freaking credit for anything. It only consolidate what we already know that, Rawlings and his bandits were calculated cold blooded killers, period.
OBAA YAA 10 years ago

Lucy you Mr. Paul Collins Appiah Ofori for a sheer moment that Rawlings happens to glance through the list of people ready to be killed by firing squad for the fact that you were exposing their corrupt act and send his emissa ...
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Lucy you Mr. Paul Collins Appiah Ofori for a sheer moment that Rawlings happens to glance through the list of people ready to be killed by firing squad for the fact that you were exposing their corrupt act and send his emissary to release you . Unlike the unlucky ones they were killed without any establishment of their guilt by any court.
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Author: OBAA YAA

...So, the people around the president including his wife and those Team “B” staffers were aware of the president failing health. Therefore, who were they kidding when they ruin insults on whoever ques ...
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Author: OBAA YAA

...So, the people around the president including his wife and those Team “B” staffers were aware of the president failing health. Therefore, who were they kidding when they ruin insults on whoever questions the former president health?
As much as I hate to admit Rawlings was right with his statement. If they have had listen to those who were concern with the president health, he might be alive today...
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

In Appiah's attempt to make JJ look good he exposes the evils and the brutalities of JJ and his regime. A mere list gets one to the firing squad? What happened to the others not lucky to be scrached off the list and driven ho ...
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In Appiah's attempt to make JJ look good he exposes the evils and the brutalities of JJ and his regime. A mere list gets one to the firing squad? What happened to the others not lucky to be scrached off the list and driven home? What a shame!
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 10 years ago

Appiah-Ofori is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

How funny to hear Appiah-Ofori say the leader of the armed robbers, who seized the vaults of the Bank of Ghana on the 31s of December 1981, the obese lunatic butcher of Dz ...
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Appiah-Ofori is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

How funny to hear Appiah-Ofori say the leader of the armed robbers, who seized the vaults of the Bank of Ghana on the 31s of December 1981, the obese lunatic butcher of Dzelukope,His Butchery Majesty Julor Jato Rawlings alias Gyamfi Paul aka Togbui Avaklasu I the arsonist, saved his life from being killed by other barbaric beasts of the p/ndc.

Appiah-Ofori, have you asked yourself what law gave those armed robbers of the ndc the right to shoot any Ghanaian to death by firing squad without the due course of the law ?

Appiah Ofori, you are suffering from the Stockholm syndrome, hence expressing your gratitude to barbaric bandits who stole your rights and freedom and gave it back to your later without any compensation .
OZA 10 years ago

Rawlings set you free, and so what? Sometimes a cat catches a mouse and for some mysterious reasons, refuses to eat it. That does not mean it is not a cat anymore. A cat is always a cat!

Rawlings set you free, and so what? Sometimes a cat catches a mouse and for some mysterious reasons, refuses to eat it. That does not mean it is not a cat anymore. A cat is always a cat!
OZA 10 years ago

Rawlings spared your life. He did not save it. He can still come back for you.

Rawlings spared your life. He did not save it. He can still come back for you.
IBRAHIM 10 years ago

INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING LOVE MR OFORY, YOU SHOULD RATHER HATE HIM(RAWLINGS). BECAUSE AMONG THOSE WHO WERE KILLED WERE PATRIOTIC AND INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE YOU. SHAME ON RAWLINGS.

INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING LOVE MR OFORY, YOU SHOULD RATHER HATE HIM(RAWLINGS). BECAUSE AMONG THOSE WHO WERE KILLED WERE PATRIOTIC AND INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE YOU. SHAME ON RAWLINGS.
TRUTH. 10 years ago

I still wonder why some Stupid Ghanaians still adore this Bastard and allow him to roam free in Ghana and talk rubbish to them . Oh ! only in Ghana . Damned coward people.

I still wonder why some Stupid Ghanaians still adore this Bastard and allow him to roam free in Ghana and talk rubbish to them . Oh ! only in Ghana . Damned coward people.
insight to the bone 10 years ago

here we go again, another pepeni idiot pratt trying to mislead the Akans and lull us into a comfort zone so we are unprepared . war will definitely come not because of a petition but rather because of the injustices , corrupt ...
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here we go again, another pepeni idiot pratt trying to mislead the Akans and lull us into a comfort zone so we are unprepared . war will definitely come not because of a petition but rather because of the injustices , corruption and mentality of my time has come so let me chop some. all the signs of a prewar climate are now very evident , the army come out in full bravado force to scare the people , the national security calling for unnecessary meetings with political parties , people beginning to hoard food ,rice and canned goods , the list is endless . political parties dont cause wars rather it a time when new leaders are born . this political oligarchy has failed so the time is ripe for grass roots changes and that can only be achieved in war . don't believe the hype and stay vigilant and ready , long live the republic of Akan
Kojo! 10 years ago

Mu kortibortor wae.

Mu kortibortor wae.
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

Yes he does as reported by Apiah Ofori
The killing comes from Boakye Dja
that is why Rawlings shaw Oforis name
and rescued him.

Yes he does as reported by Apiah Ofori
The killing comes from Boakye Dja
that is why Rawlings shaw Oforis name
and rescued him.
ASHANTI ARE GHANAS CANCER 10 years ago

JJ WAS RIGHT IN FINISHING CRIMINAL ASHANTIS WHO LOOTED THIS COUNTRY TO ENRICH THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL, CRIMINAL ASHANTIS ALMOST DESTROYED GHANA STOLE DRUGS FROM KORLE-BU TO THEIR PRIVATE CLINICS,EMPTIED THE BANKS INT ...
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JJ WAS RIGHT IN FINISHING CRIMINAL ASHANTIS WHO LOOTED THIS COUNTRY TO ENRICH THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL, CRIMINAL ASHANTIS ALMOST DESTROYED GHANA STOLE DRUGS FROM KORLE-BU TO THEIR PRIVATE CLINICS,EMPTIED THE BANKS INTO THEIR PRIVATE BANK ,CORRUPTED THE ENTIRE CIVIL SERVICE.
WHETHER ASHANTIS REGARD JJ AS AHERO OR A KILLER OTHER TRIBES IN GHANA STILL SEE JJ AS THEIR HERO 4EVER, JUST ASK ANY NIGERIAN ABOUT HIS/HERPERCEPTION ABOUT JJ NIGERIANS,AFRICAN THE WHO;E WORLD KNOWS JJ HAS MADE WHAT GHANA IS TODAY NOT ANY CRIMINAL ASHANTI
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

No, it proved the opposite! That Rawlings didn't approve of killing innocent persons by some military personnel and was stopping those that came to his attention and even apologising to victims of wrongful arrests and their ...
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No, it proved the opposite! That Rawlings didn't approve of killing innocent persons by some military personnel and was stopping those that came to his attention and even apologising to victims of wrongful arrests and their workers/families. He even tried to save Afrifa's life!

Yes, he had his own best friends shot for engaging in illegal killings. Heard of Lee, his mulatto friend of African-American descent? He was also shot for killing someone wrongly.

The story shows JJ was not fully in charge of what was happening in the country. Most of those killings were settling of personal, family and local scores. Some soldiers went to kill six members of their relations in Agbozume, V/R and were also punished equally! Yes, 6 people from the same family! You blokes only talk about those judges as if they were the only ones killed by way-ward soldiers, forgetting others killed often by soldiers or police hired by enemies to the victims.

Andy-K
Concerned 10 years ago

Kutu drafted that pndc law but it was implemented by rawlings. If he was killing all armed robbers how come he is still alive. PC Ofori is an arse hole for not thinking of the others who remained to be slaughtered by the bast ...
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Kutu drafted that pndc law but it was implemented by rawlings. If he was killing all armed robbers how come he is still alive. PC Ofori is an arse hole for not thinking of the others who remained to be slaughtered by the bastard who felt he could decide who gets to live or die.Adolf Hitler liked animals but that is no reason for you to say he had some good qualities
Ofosu 10 years ago

Now Ghana is corrupt free and that is why ghana is going back..all countries are going forward but we are going back due to go free corrupt Gov officials and offices in Ghana like harbor,air port,passport office and all offic ...
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Now Ghana is corrupt free and that is why ghana is going back..all countries are going forward but we are going back due to go free corrupt Gov officials and offices in Ghana like harbor,air port,passport office and all offices of Gov..NPP CAM AND LOOT for free, now ndc is doing the same, so soon we need to kill more of them..it will be like movie...let tell those who loot and still living to be ready as we have all the list from npp and now ndc.. we need to wake Ghana up again. watch out junior Jarry is coming to Ghana soon.
Ofosuvi 10 years ago

J.J. Rawlings tops this list since P/NDC have ruled for 40 years.

J.J. Rawlings tops this list since P/NDC have ruled for 40 years.
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

THE AKAN WOFA HAS DONE MORE FOR THE FAMILIES SUCCESS THAN THE EWE WOFA.
THE EWE WOFA ARE VERY SELFISH AND GREEDY,THEY DONT HELP THEIR NEPHEWS.

THE AKAN WOFA HAS DONE MORE FOR THE FAMILIES SUCCESS THAN THE EWE WOFA.
THE EWE WOFA ARE VERY SELFISH AND GREEDY,THEY DONT HELP THEIR NEPHEWS.
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

Rawlings was not alone in that Ghana
Revolution but with his subordnates,
He never hold Gune or knif to kill
anybody he is only the head rather
Boakye Djan was giving order for the
killings since he Boakye was their
spo ...
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Rawlings was not alone in that Ghana
Revolution but with his subordnates,
He never hold Gune or knif to kill
anybody he is only the head rather
Boakye Djan was giving order for the
killings since he Boakye was their
spokeman at the time.
TRUTH. 10 years ago

Hi :Mr Bedzo - Do you have brains at all or your head is filled with water ? You are stupid indeed.

Hi :Mr Bedzo - Do you have brains at all or your head is filled with water ? You are stupid indeed.
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago

Even the Devil is also remembered for some "good deed", so let it be with Rawlings.

Even the Devil is also remembered for some "good deed", so let it be with Rawlings.
guitar boy 10 years ago

THERE WERE ROBBERS ,BUT NOTHING LIKE WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.WE ROAMED THE STREETS OF ACCRA AND OSEIKROM AT NIGHT AND IT WAS SAFE.INDIVIDUALS HAD NO GUNS.JJ IS THE ONE WHO ALLOWED GUNS TO BE PERMITTED.ARMED ROBBERY LIKE YOU S ...
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THERE WERE ROBBERS ,BUT NOTHING LIKE WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.WE ROAMED THE STREETS OF ACCRA AND OSEIKROM AT NIGHT AND IT WAS SAFE.INDIVIDUALS HAD NO GUNS.JJ IS THE ONE WHO ALLOWED GUNS TO BE PERMITTED.ARMED ROBBERY LIKE YOU SEEING NOW WAS NOT THERE...PLEASE.
ATSU, HO 10 years ago

WELL RAWLINGS COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT LEADER FOR SOME OF US TOO BUT DISTROYED THAT WHEN HE SENT HIS CHILDREN ABROAD SPONSORED BY HIS 'FRIEND' AND BOUGHT THOSE BULLET PROOF CARS ALSO SPONSORED BY 'FRIENDS' HE DESTROYED WHAT HE ...
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WELL RAWLINGS COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT LEADER FOR SOME OF US TOO BUT DISTROYED THAT WHEN HE SENT HIS CHILDREN ABROAD SPONSORED BY HIS 'FRIEND' AND BOUGHT THOSE BULLET PROOF CARS ALSO SPONSORED BY 'FRIENDS' HE DESTROYED WHAT HE CONFESSED WITH HIS MOUTH DURING THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION. HE SPOKE FOR PRINCIPLE BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE DID NOT LIVE UP TO IT. ONE THING IS CLEAR THOUGH, HE STOOD FOR SOME PRINCIPLE BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO BRING IT ABOUT ...
BRIGHT AHIN 10 years ago

MR OFORI YOU KNEW THIS AND YET YOU CONNIVED WITH THE DEVIL-NPP AND TRIED ALL MEANS TO ASSASSINATE JJ RAWLINGS BUT GOD SHAMED YOU ALL. YOU WERE AROUND WITH THE DEVIL-NPP WHEN THEY DELIBERATELY PACKED JUDGES AT THE COURT AND NE ...
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MR OFORI YOU KNEW THIS AND YET YOU CONNIVED WITH THE DEVIL-NPP AND TRIED ALL MEANS TO ASSASSINATE JJ RAWLINGS BUT GOD SHAMED YOU ALL. YOU WERE AROUND WITH THE DEVIL-NPP WHEN THEY DELIBERATELY PACKED JUDGES AT THE COURT AND NEARLY KILLED TSATSU TSIKATA. THEY ALSO KILLED SELORMEY AND ALSO ARRESTED TSIKATA AND PREMPEH WHILST PRAYING IN THE CHURCH. YOU WERE ARROUND WHEN THE DEVIL;S PARTY THE NPP, CONNIVED AND KILLED YANA,MOBILA,ROKKO FRIMPONG AND WHAT HAVE YOU. YOU SAW THEM LOOTING OUR STATE COFFERS YET YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING. I THINK IT IS BETTER YOU STOP CALLING YOURSELF A CHIEF CRUSADER AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU FAILED BIG TIME. INSTEAD OF FIGHTING K4 AND CO WHO WERE GRABBING EVERYTHING ON SIGHT AS IF THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END, YOU RATHER DINNED AND WINNED WITH THEM SHAMEFULLY. YOU WILL THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITE IF YOU STILL DECEIVE YOURSELF AS A FIGHTER AGAINST CORRUPTION! SHAME ON YOU! DID YOU NOT SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KUFOUR BEFORE AND THE KUFOUR AFTER THE PRESIDENCY? TELL HIM THIS' WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE SHOULD WIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE HIS SOUL?
william 10 years ago

Let's recognise positive moves to move forward together!

Let's recognise positive moves to move forward together!
Sikamanba 10 years ago

Thank u Sham, thank you.

Thank u Sham, thank you.
DI ASEM PA 10 years ago

GIVE THANKS TO GOD

GIVE THANKS TO GOD
Kk3 10 years ago

Good news abi? That Rawlings was ahead of his time. Ghana would be better off in this current climate with a leader like him and today's information superhighway.

Good news abi? That Rawlings was ahead of his time. Ghana would be better off in this current climate with a leader like him and today's information superhighway.
SIMPA CARPENTER 10 years ago

On the face of this story,it is hard to believe because you and I were not there and notably this gentleman has always got something to say.

On the face of this story,it is hard to believe because you and I were not there and notably this gentleman has always got something to say.
Kay 10 years ago

You must be a kid or you were not even born,I cry any time my brother tells me a chilling story of how his friends from the Naval base in Takoradi were killed after a tennis game just bcos they were officers.

You must be a kid or you were not even born,I cry any time my brother tells me a chilling story of how his friends from the Naval base in Takoradi were killed after a tennis game just bcos they were officers.
Me Too 10 years ago

What happened to other prisoners? What was their crime?

What happened to other prisoners? What was their crime?
....... 10 years ago

JJ SENT AMADEKA TSEPOR SENYA TO GO KILL THE JUDGES

JJ SENT AMADEKA TSEPOR SENYA TO GO KILL THE JUDGES
Ghanani 10 years ago

Those naval Base killings were not cos some were Officers and 2ndly Rawlings did not sanction those killings.I remember the likes of Chief Petty Officer Hughes from Abandze in the Central Region, who was killed cos he tried t ...
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Those naval Base killings were not cos some were Officers and 2ndly Rawlings did not sanction those killings.I remember the likes of Chief Petty Officer Hughes from Abandze in the Central Region, who was killed cos he tried to prevent those killings by some disgruntled Jnr. Ranks who felt cheated by their Snr colleagues. You better get your facts correct & stop peddling lies.
KOFI 10 years ago

This is an indication of life under Rawlings. What happened to the rest of the people on the list? What did they do? Were they given the opportunity to defend themselves?

This is an indication of life under Rawlings. What happened to the rest of the people on the list? What did they do? Were they given the opportunity to defend themselves?
Kay 10 years ago

You've just confirmed that some people were killed so what is the lie?I may be young but I was right in Kweikuma when that incidence happened.Find out where those who managed to escape are,and why they did not stay in the arm ...
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You've just confirmed that some people were killed so what is the lie?I may be young but I was right in Kweikuma when that incidence happened.Find out where those who managed to escape are,and why they did not stay in the army.
....... 10 years ago

IF JJ THINKS THAT HE HAS DESTROYED EVIDENCE JUST STAY CALM.

IF JJ THINKS THAT HE HAS DESTROYED EVIDENCE JUST STAY CALM.
Sam 10 years ago

please tell us the story! we need to know our history and learn from it. thanks

please tell us the story! we need to know our history and learn from it. thanks
william 10 years ago

Lest we forget,when students of KNUST, in 1979, were clamouring for'let the blood flow'(as in the other universities) what was Rawlings' answer to them? Did he not ask rhetorically that if they were their relatives,i.e., thos ...
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Lest we forget,when students of KNUST, in 1979, were clamouring for'let the blood flow'(as in the other universities) what was Rawlings' answer to them? Did he not ask rhetorically that if they were their relatives,i.e., those being shot, will they sing the same song?
??? 10 years ago

THIS IS HE'S TIME.JUST LOOK AROUND THE WHOLE CONTINENT.

THIS IS HE'S TIME.JUST LOOK AROUND THE WHOLE CONTINENT.
akk 10 years ago

At least it's better to be late than never. For coming out with this revelation before the demise of the ex-president Rawlings

At least it's better to be late than never. For coming out with this revelation before the demise of the ex-president Rawlings
apapa 10 years ago

tell your fellow no parking party(npp)to know that some of the people in Ghana can see so we wont give them power any more,hail jerry u appiah ofori

tell your fellow no parking party(npp)to know that some of the people in Ghana can see so we wont give them power any more,hail jerry u appiah ofori
Remove Indemnity Clause 10 years ago

Do not take this man serious,he claimed some members of parliament received bribes before they voted for the Voda phone deal,when he was asked to mention their names that was the end of his claim.

Do not take this man serious,he claimed some members of parliament received bribes before they voted for the Voda phone deal,when he was asked to mention their names that was the end of his claim.
MATIGARI 10 years ago

PEACE FM FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE 'GONJA BARRACKS' IN GHANA RATHER WE HAVE GONDAR BARRACKS SITUATED ON A PARCEL OF LAND BELONGING TO THE PEOLE OF TESHIE AND OSU IN THE CAPITAL OF GHANA, ACCRA

PEACE FM FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE 'GONJA BARRACKS' IN GHANA RATHER WE HAVE GONDAR BARRACKS SITUATED ON A PARCEL OF LAND BELONGING TO THE PEOLE OF TESHIE AND OSU IN THE CAPITAL OF GHANA, ACCRA
J. J. Rawlings 10 years ago

Hey Appiah Ofori, you're lying!. I never saved you from facing any firing squad as you claim.

Hey Appiah Ofori, you're lying!. I never saved you from facing any firing squad as you claim.
J. J. Rawlings 10 years ago

I was just joking. I really, really saved his life.

I was just joking. I really, really saved his life.
Atta Mills DEAD 10 years ago

SO what about those who also faced firing squad but were innocent.. any government who allow firing squad without the due process of the law is a murderer and must not be forgive, whether he took your name out or now. This co ...
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SO what about those who also faced firing squad but were innocent.. any government who allow firing squad without the due process of the law is a murderer and must not be forgive, whether he took your name out or now. This confirm that Rawlings was 100% behind all the killings
African 10 years ago

You are right. This shows that many were killed who were not lucky as this Appiah Ofori. What it does confirm is that, Rawlings signed the death warrant for hundreds if not thousands of people killed.

You are right. This shows that many were killed who were not lucky as this Appiah Ofori. What it does confirm is that, Rawlings signed the death warrant for hundreds if not thousands of people killed.
philip london 10 years ago

And yet corruption is worse than Acheampong's time and Rawlings is still alive enjoying his ex gratia.

And yet corruption is worse than Acheampong's time and Rawlings is still alive enjoying his ex gratia.
7B 10 years ago

the thousand fools

the thousand fools
Photosy. 10 years ago

How can the devil who had a change of heart because his own maker changed his mind be your saviour ? Who arrested you in the first place ? Didn't he toppled an elected President ? God saved you and NOT the devil incarnate you ...
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How can the devil who had a change of heart because his own maker changed his mind be your saviour ? Who arrested you in the first place ? Didn't he toppled an elected President ? God saved you and NOT the devil incarnate you got you on that hit list in the first place. You are completely deranged I believe so.
Tuobodom Trokosi 10 years ago

Appiah Ofori is a sicko who always want to see himself in the news and will come up with this nonsense about Rawlings saving him. How did his name get on the list in the first place? Rawlings firing squad nonsense made some f ...
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Appiah Ofori is a sicko who always want to see himself in the news and will come up with this nonsense about Rawlings saving him. How did his name get on the list in the first place? Rawlings firing squad nonsense made some fools with connection to PNDC leadership to settle personal feuds by trump up charges that sent thousands of innocent Ghanaians to their graves. Killing people for mere price increase is animalistic to say the least.
KA AKYIRE 10 years ago

AND WHAT LESSON DID YOU AND NPP LEARNED WHEN YOU HAD 8 YEARS? INSTEAD, SHARING OF $5000 ON VODAPHONE, SELLING STATE PROPERTY TO YOURSELF LIKE HOW KOFI BUSIA HELP YOU PEOPLE TO BUY NIGERIANS PROPERTY CHEAPLY VIA ALLIANCE COMPL ...
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AND WHAT LESSON DID YOU AND NPP LEARNED WHEN YOU HAD 8 YEARS? INSTEAD, SHARING OF $5000 ON VODAPHONE, SELLING STATE PROPERTY TO YOURSELF LIKE HOW KOFI BUSIA HELP YOU PEOPLE TO BUY NIGERIANS PROPERTY CHEAPLY VIA ALLIANCE COMPLIANCE ORDER. GOD WILL FOREVER PUNISH THESE BUSIA/DANQUAH/DOMBO
Bawa Osman 10 years ago

All right minded people will always be grateful to whoever does anything good to them and P.C Appiah Ofori is no exception.
Rawlings Will forever remain a hero.

All right minded people will always be grateful to whoever does anything good to them and P.C Appiah Ofori is no exception.
Rawlings Will forever remain a hero.
sound 10 years ago

We who were alive during those days have always maintained that this Man Rawlings is one good person Ghana will never get again So the young one should not listen to the bias propaganda some journalist and politicians are do ...
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We who were alive during those days have always maintained that this Man Rawlings is one good person Ghana will never get again So the young one should not listen to the bias propaganda some journalist and politicians are doling out to the public
Adieakye 10 years ago

P.C APPIAH PUT THIS INFO OUT TO SHOW SIR JOHN AND ADOYE HOW TO APPRECIATES SOMEONE WHO SAVED YOU FROM DEATH AND PRISON.P.C IS JUST BEING FAST.

P.C APPIAH PUT THIS INFO OUT TO SHOW SIR JOHN AND ADOYE HOW TO APPRECIATES SOMEONE WHO SAVED YOU FROM DEATH AND PRISON.P.C IS JUST BEING FAST.
Kwadwo 10 years ago

P C, your story is very touching. We mourn the unlucky many who were executed without due process.

P C, your story is very touching. We mourn the unlucky many who were executed without due process.
Tommy 10 years ago

Oh please stop that nonsense of yours, what about those killed without any evidence of corruption?
You may have been spared but others were not. Realize that and say a prayer for their souls.

Oh please stop that nonsense of yours, what about those killed without any evidence of corruption?
You may have been spared but others were not. Realize that and say a prayer for their souls.
Ofosu 10 years ago

hotel wawa, Ghana cocoa that got lose in the sea,Ghana @ 50,the wayome wayome napp and ndc more will die for this coming shake up in Ghana soon, so they better run away as we are very serious and sad to see Ghana this way...c ...
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hotel wawa, Ghana cocoa that got lose in the sea,Ghana @ 50,the wayome wayome napp and ndc more will die for this coming shake up in Ghana soon, so they better run away as we are very serious and sad to see Ghana this way...corrut free.. people just chop the money like that..nkwaseefoo anyone look Ghana..mo maame num tweba
Nkrumah 10 years ago

“A list was given to ex-President Rawlings and it was centered on prisoners to face the firing squad..." So apart from the senseless killing by firing squad of the 3 heads of states and other top military officers under SM ...
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“A list was given to ex-President Rawlings and it was centered on prisoners to face the firing squad..." So apart from the senseless killing by firing squad of the 3 heads of states and other top military officers under SMC II regime, this Rawlings man also sanctioned the killings of some prisoners? I hope those inmates were on death row, and not political prisoners!! From what we're hearing from Mr Appiah-Ofori, the PNDC rogues used their new found power to settle scores with perceived enemies. Eei Rawlings?? I'm wondering what is holding Rawlings from apologising to the families of the people he wrongly killed in 1979 and from 1982-92, and more importantly, repenting and asking God for forgiveness and accepting Jesus into his life. Let us pray for this man, he needs help. He isn't a hero!
Abagre Akologo-Bongo County 10 years ago

HON OFORI I JOIN YOU IN THANKING GOD AND EX PRESIDENT RAWLINGS FOR THIS. SOME OF OUR POLITICIANS DO HATE YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR ANTI_CORRUPTIVE BELIEF AND ACTS. SOME POLITICIANS JUST HATE TO HEAR A WORD ABOUT ANTI CORRUPTIVE TEN ...
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HON OFORI I JOIN YOU IN THANKING GOD AND EX PRESIDENT RAWLINGS FOR THIS. SOME OF OUR POLITICIANS DO HATE YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR ANTI_CORRUPTIVE BELIEF AND ACTS. SOME POLITICIANS JUST HATE TO HEAR A WORD ABOUT ANTI CORRUPTIVE TENDENCIES. I WORK IN BOLGA AND TOLD A LOT ABOUT BROADDAY CORRUPTION OF THE CURRENT MP FOR GARU PREVIOUSLY GARU TEMPANE CONSTITUENCY. HIS CORRUPTION HAS END HIM A PLACE IN PARLIAMENT FOR OVER 10YEARS. HE HAS VOWED TO BRIBE TOOTH AND NAIL DURING PRIMARIES WITH NDC DELEGATES AND RE-ELECTED. MEN OF THIS NATURE WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU AROUND SO WATCH OUT MR OFORI.
basiru akilo 10 years ago

sir help j j rawlinse l like him tomuch but l am far from ghana.and l dond know if he need my halp.thank you for sayer good abourt rawlings.and godbles you and ghana.

sir help j j rawlinse l like him tomuch but l am far from ghana.and l dond know if he need my halp.thank you for sayer good abourt rawlings.and godbles you and ghana.
MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

By saving your life means nothing to us.Did he know you before the list was presented to him? What about the thousands and thousands of innocent fellow citizens he murdered? Were you better than them? Please do not disturb us ...
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By saving your life means nothing to us.Did he know you before the list was presented to him? What about the thousands and thousands of innocent fellow citizens he murdered? Were you better than them? Please do not disturb us with this unnecessary story. It is too early to disturb our minds keep it to yourself.
kwofi 10 years ago

RAWLINGS HIMSELF'LL FACE FIRING SQUAD 1 DAY. I PROPHESIZE!IF U LIVE BY DA SWORD U DIE BY DA SWORD!

RAWLINGS HIMSELF'LL FACE FIRING SQUAD 1 DAY. I PROPHESIZE!IF U LIVE BY DA SWORD U DIE BY DA SWORD!
Al Haj AAA Rashiid(OH. USA) 10 years ago

For your information the Barracks is GONDAR and not Gonja.

For your information the Barracks is GONDAR and not Gonja.
DODOWA 10 years ago

You were lucky to live and tell your story; CONGRATULATIOS. Have you ever thought of those defenseless people who were brutally massacred? Have you ever thought of what the three judges and the Army 0fficer go through? Guess ...
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You were lucky to live and tell your story; CONGRATULATIOS. Have you ever thought of those defenseless people who were brutally massacred? Have you ever thought of what the three judges and the Army 0fficer go through? Guess not. Have you ever thought of the macabre climate that was foisted on the nation during the Rawlings regime? Do you remember the pure brutality that characterized the rule of you savior Rawlings? Guess not. Do you ever look at the stalwarts of that regime basking in their ill-gotten wealth today? Guess not. Do you ever look at the Tsikatas, Ahwois, the Rawlings’ the PV Obengs, ET Mensahs’, today? I doubt it
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ. 10 years ago

FROM: BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
TO: H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR

INFO TO:
H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA

H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

H.E.MR.FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH
...
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FROM: BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
TO: H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR

INFO TO:
H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA

H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

H.E.MR.FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH

H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA FLT.LT.JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS

DEAR H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR & THE READING PUBLIC OF GHANAWEB.COM,
TO RESPECTFULLY REFER TO THE ABOVE RELATED SUBJECT-MATTER AND ALSO THE PUBLICATION BELOW OF PEACE FM RADIO AND TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR TO PUBLISH THE CASE I DULY MADE FROM AMERICA IN FAVOUR AND ON BEHALF OF TSATSU TSIKATA, ESQ. ON THE ABOVE RELATED MATTER AND GAVE INFORMATION COPY TO H.E.MR>FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH WHEN HE WAS THEN THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT LED TO H.E>FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA PARDONING TSATSU TSIKATA, ESQ.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE CASE I DULY MADE WAS REMOVED FROM THE INTERNET SITES.
HOWEVER, I MUST STATE THAT THE FINAL DECISION OF GRANTING THE PARDON WAS ENTIRELY THE ACT OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND I HOPE THAT THE TIME I MADE THIS HUMBLE CASE I WAS NOT INTER-MEDDLING.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
GOD BLESS GHANA AND AMERICA.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER/LEGAL CONSULTANT

Tsikata’s Jail Anniversary Message Calls For More Questions

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Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, lead Counsel for the National Democratic Congress in the ongoing election petition filed by three leading members of the New Patriotic Party, is certainly one of the most brilliant personalities of our generation. That is without question.

At the age of nine, he was a student of the prestigious Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast. Five years later, he was at the University of Ghana, Legon, going through the paces that would qualify him for the first degree in law.

When he graduated from the nation’s premier institute of higher learning with LLB, he was barely 18, the age when most Ghanaians were in their first or second year at the secondary school. At the University of Ghana, where he was lecturer in law until the coup of December 1981, he was adored by his students.

With Jerry John Rawlings in the saddle after the December 31 coup d’etat, Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, born at Keta in the Volta Region in December 1950, became one of the advisers to the Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council, and thus one of the most powerful men in this land of our birth.

On June 18, 2008, Mr. Tsikata was sentenced to a five year jail term, for willfully causing financial loss to the state. He was said to have guaranteed a loan of GH¢230,000 of state money to Valley Farms, a private venture, from funds provided by Caisse Central, now Agence Française de Development in 1993, while he was Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.

Barely five months later, Mr. Tsikata was released, pardoned by then President John Agyekum Kufuor. Last week, on the fifth anniversary of his incarceration, the former Chief Executive of GNPC celebrated his release by issuing a press statement. State-run Daily Graphic published the piece titled “Five Years On – His mercies never fail.” The article featured in almost all the newspapers, classified by Mr. Martin Amidu, former Attorney-General, as “Criminally-rented NDC press.”

Mr. Tsikata saw his release after barely five months in prison as a miracle. “Five years ago,” wrote Mr. Tsikata, “on June 18, 2008, a judge, without any advance indication that she was going to deliver judgment, pronounced a sentence of five years imprisonment on me.

“I was taken that afternoon to the Nsawam Medium Security Prison to begin serving my sentence. Within five months of that day, however, I was out of prison and alive in circumstances that were nothing short of a miracle,” he wrote.

In brief, Mr. Tsikata was telling the world that prison conditions were horrible. He suffered an asthmatic attack on the night the doors of the prison gates were shut behind him. “I could hardly breathe. In that state, it was not possible to lie to sleep. I sat on a chair by my bed breaking out into a sweat…Only the grace of God kept me through those hours of the night of Saturday, November 15.”

We thank God for the life of Mr. Tsikata. Unfortunately, not many of those brutalised by the junta he lent support to and advised, were given the opportunity Mr. Tsikata was allowed.

The trial judge might not have waited for the lead counsel before ruling on the case. But every Ghanaian knows that Mr. Tsikata was given every opportunity to prove his innocence in a case that dragged on for nearly six years in various courts.

The eight top officials executed in June 1979, when he was a leading adviser to Jerry Rawlings, were never given a day’s notice to argue their cases. When Air Vice-Marshall Joy Amedume was tied to the stakes and executed for borrowing ¢50,000 (GH¢5) nobody gave him the chance to prove that he had collateral to back his demand. He was alleged to have used his influence, and that was it.

On June 30 1982, three judges and an army officer were taken away from their places of abode, with a curfew in force, and executed at the Bundase Military Firing Range. When the disappearances were first discovered, then junta head Jerry John Rawlings, shedding the tears of a crocodile, appeared on national television and announced that the abductions were the work of the enemies of the revolution.

What is interesting is that at the time he made that declaration, Jerry Rawlings knew that three of the four murderers were residing in his own Boys Quarters at Ridge, a suburb of Accra. As the leader of the group, Sgt. Samuel Amedeka, was to state later, at the time they went round picking their victims, the murder squad knew that they were carrying out the orders of the Provisional National Defence Council, chaired by Jerry Rawlings.

Sad to state, but many Ghanaians believe that the abductions and murders were sanctioned by the leadership of the military junta. Incidentally, Mr. Tsikata was known in the Ghanaian society as the Chief Adviser to Jerry Rawlings at the time.

Jerry Rawlings and his aides could declare their innocence to the high heavens, but most Ghanaians know that the whole abduction was instigated by the leadership of the PNDC to put fear into the citizenry, at a time the very existence of the military junta was being questioned.

All the three murdered judges – Poku Sarkodie, Kwadwo Adjei Agyepong and Cecelia Koranteng Addow, were sitting on review cases brought by aggrieved persons, in respect of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, the previous military junta headed by Mr. Rawlings. For the attention of Mr. Tsikata, an adviser to the PNDC Chairman at the time, none of these victims was given a minute to plead his/her case.

I do not know who advises Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata. If I were him, I would lie low after all the atrocities he aided the PNDC to perpetrate against fellow human beings in the name of a revolution that has only replaced the rich and famous of society.

At the time he was in prison in 2008, Mr. Tsikata was supposed to have carried out a consultancy job that landed him a cool $5 million on his release, with the National Democratic Congress back in power. I am not in a position to argue about what kind of consultancy he undertook. I have a worry though. I do not believe there is any Ghanaian alive who could vouch on the number of Ghanaians sent to the so-called People’s Court, established on the advice of legal brains behind the military oligarchy, and allowed to argue their cases, as Tsikata did.

Mr. Tsikata cannot claim that he was not one of the legal brains that aided the establishment of the People’s Court. Neither is he unaware of long custodian sentences passed on people on the flimsiest of charges. Victims of the People’s Court, I dare state, never had the comfort of six years to plead their cases.

There was no proper legal defence, as Mr. Tsikata had the luxury of experiencing. In many of such cases, the victims were never given the opportunity to clear their names.

Lest I forget, even when President John Agyekum Kufuor granted a pardon to the convicted criminal, Mr. Tsikata swore to clear his name in court. Five years on, we are still waiting.

What is interesting is that the administration of John Evans Atta Mills handed over $5 million of public money to Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata on the pretext that a firm he owns -Strategic Oil and Gas Resources Company, had provided consultancy services to Mitsui Ocean Development Company Limited, the organization that won the bid for the construction of the Floating, Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Kwame Nkrumah, for the exploration of oil in the Western Region.

Critics say Mr. Tsikata might have been in prison at the time the consultancy was said to have been provided. In Parliament, Deputy Minister of Energy in the Kufuor administration, Mr. Kobina Tahir Hammond, engaged former Minister of Energy Dr. Oteng Adjei, to tell Ghanaians whether Tsatsu’s company had truly been paid that whooping amount of $5 million.

Mr. Hammond also wanted to know what kind of services Strategic and Oil Resources provided to warrant such a quantum payment from the public purse. The Minister’s response was that a private company had the right to be sub-contracted by MODEC. “The award of the contract was not illegal; payment of money would also not be illegal,” Dr. Oteng stated.

The Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa insisted on a definite answer, but the Minister remained evasive, forcing a confrontation that lasted one hour, until the Speaker intervened on the basis that the time allotted for the purpose had elapsed.

Obviously displeased by Mr. Hammond’s request, Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata issued a press release the next day. “It would have been hard to fathom why a Parliamentary question would be put about legitimate contractual relations between two companies, but for the obsessive determination of people like Hon. Hammond to get Tsatsu Tsikata by hook or crook,” Mr. Tsikata stated in his release.

“Unfortunately for such people, however, the activities of Strategic Oil and Gas Resources (Stats Oil), a company of which I am a share-holder, as well as Chief Executive, will stand up to every scrutiny,” he stated.

The jury is still out on whether the $5 million payment is justified, especially, when the deal was said to have been hatched at a time the Chief Executive, and the man said to have presented the so-called consultancy, was in prison.

In a moment like this, my heart goes out to Mr. Baah Boakye, one-time official of the Foreign Service of Ghana who was transferred under a certificate of emergency to West Germany. The message out there is that his wife failed to join him. I am told that the woman involved is the same person cited in Mr. Tsikata’s testimony, as providing solace to the then prisoner in hospital.

This is a cruel world. Many had no opportunity to clear their names when they were dispatched to the next world on flimsy charges. On the other hand, those who helped to perpetuate those heinous crimes against their fellow beings, are paid huge sums for providing consultancies from locked prison cells. It all adds up to the murky world, where hard work is rather punished.

Tsikata’s five year jail anniversary message should galvanised Ghanaians to ask more questions about a revolution that rewarded rhetoric against hard work. I shall return!

Source: Ebo Quansah/The Chronicle

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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

At this juncture , the Ghanaian Citizens Abroad has collected over 70 thousand signatures all over the world in support of His Excellency President Mahama to continue his good job in office. The Citizens will like Supreme Cou ...
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At this juncture , the Ghanaian Citizens Abroad has collected over 70 thousand signatures all over the world in support of His Excellency President Mahama to continue his good job in office. The Citizens will like Supreme Court of the land knows that ,we recognized President John Mahama as the choice of the Ghanaian Voters as 2012 election is concern.We therefore asking the Supreme court to throw the petitioners diabolic and divisive case into the nearest Garbage cane for GHANA to move forward.
J J RAWLINGS SAVED APPIAH OFORI 10 years ago

PC, YOU ARE A BIG LIAR.CAN YOU SAY WHEN EXACTLY SUCH A THING HAPPENED TO YOU IN GHANA? YOU WERE A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF EBO TAWIAH THROUGH WHOM YOU WERE CAUSING ATTROCITIES IN BIBIANI( GHANA). OUT OF SHEER JEALOUSY YOU COLLASP ...
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PC, YOU ARE A BIG LIAR.CAN YOU SAY WHEN EXACTLY SUCH A THING HAPPENED TO YOU IN GHANA? YOU WERE A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF EBO TAWIAH THROUGH WHOM YOU WERE CAUSING ATTROCITIES IN BIBIANI( GHANA). OUT OF SHEER JEALOUSY YOU COLLASPED A WHOLE COMPANY WITH OVER 1500 WORKERS (IE BIBIANI WOOD AND METAL COMPLEX/ TIMBOD) WHICH EMPLOYED YOU IN LESS THAN A YEAR.YOU WERE USING THE COMMON WORKERS UNDER WDC CONCEPT. WRITING ANONYMOUS LETTERS TO RAWLINGS THROU EBO TAWIAH. WE WERE ALL IN GHANA AND SAW ALL WHAT YOU WERE DOING OUT OF MERE ENVINESS. NO BODY CAUSED YOUR ARREST APART FROM YOUR MOUTH AND YOUR TREACHEROUS LETTERS AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE BETTER OF THAN YOU ARE. MOST OF THE MANAGEMENT STAFF OF THE COMPANY WHO DIDNT SUPPORT BECAME WANTED AT THAT TIME BY THE MILITARY TO REPORT AT GONDA BARRACKS WITHIN 24 HRS WITH OUT FAIL.THE ORIGINAL DIRECTOR AT THAT TIME WAS INTERDICTED WHILE YOU WERE ACTING. RAWLINGS BROUGHT SOMEONE TO ACT IN THE ITERIM BUT, YOU DIDNT REST WRITING FALSE REPORT ABOUT THIS MAN BONSU AND LATER YAW LARSON OF ASANTE KOTOKO. ALL THESE PEOPLE COULD NOT SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THIS SAME APPIAH OFORI. ARE YOU THE ONLY ANGEL IN GHANA. I CAN TELL YOU SOME OF THE PEOPLE YOU WERE USING, ENTICING THEM WITH MONEY BECAUSE YOU WERE THEN THE COMMANDING OFFICER THROUGH EBO TAWIAH IN THE CAMPANY. WRITING LETTERS FOR THEM TO SIGN AND BE PRESENTED TO RAWLINGS. I CAN CHALLENGE YOU THAT, YOU ARE A LIAR AND OPPORTUNENIST.
....... 10 years ago

THESE ARE THE MURDERS WHOM JJ SENT TO KILL THE HI CT GUDGES AND ARMY OFFICER.

THESE ARE THE MURDERS WHOM JJ SENT TO KILL THE HI CT GUDGES AND ARMY OFFICER.
....... 10 years ago

JUDGES

JUDGES
Dr. med.William Acquah,Germany 10 years ago

What about the High Court Judges? Rawlings is the most brutal Prez. we have ever had!Please, don`t mention this name again.Normaly, he should have joined Charles Taylor long ago!

What about the High Court Judges? Rawlings is the most brutal Prez. we have ever had!Please, don`t mention this name again.Normaly, he should have joined Charles Taylor long ago!
JUSTICE 10 years ago

I think It is time THE Great Sir , His Lordship, The Mighty, one and only Papa JJ Rawlings come and clean the kanker corrupt leaders in the country once again. Hi Hi hi hiiii.

I think It is time THE Great Sir , His Lordship, The Mighty, one and only Papa JJ Rawlings come and clean the kanker corrupt leaders in the country once again. Hi Hi hi hiiii.
Sikamanba 10 years ago

This is the real truth about God's man J.J. Rawlings!!
The truth is the sweetest thing.
I hope npp will not turn against this honest man of odoben!!

This is the real truth about God's man J.J. Rawlings!!
The truth is the sweetest thing.
I hope npp will not turn against this honest man of odoben!!
FOUNDING MEMBER 10 years ago

last night a DJ saved my life from...!

last night a DJ saved my life from...!
Dannybee 10 years ago

If Appiah-Ofori's story is anything to go by then Rawlings must have committed so many human rights violations. Who were those whose names were reatined on the list, were they tried by a court of competent jurisdiction as his ...
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If Appiah-Ofori's story is anything to go by then Rawlings must have committed so many human rights violations. Who were those whose names were reatined on the list, were they tried by a court of competent jurisdiction as his former ministers were? Appiah-Ofori is bringing back a national nightmare, like the night of the long knives the Nazis used to purge their party's members. Appiah-Ofori, I think either intentionally or unintentionally, you are exposing the evils that live after Rawlings.
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GO TO www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GO TO www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com
Apenteng 10 years ago

This notorious serial killer turned God to save your life, eh? He later on became a thief of gargantuan proportion and stole from Ghana than everybody before him. His time will definitely come.

This notorious serial killer turned God to save your life, eh? He later on became a thief of gargantuan proportion and stole from Ghana than everybody before him. His time will definitely come.
tiger shark 10 years ago

At least one NPP Person remembers Rawlings did something good.This is a wonder

At least one NPP Person remembers Rawlings did something good.This is a wonder
Adongo 10 years ago

What about the rest who were shot dead secretly?

What about the rest who were shot dead secretly?
KK 10 years ago

Fool, others were not so lucky and died for nothing.

Fool, others were not so lucky and died for nothing.
C.STEPHEN SACKEY 10 years ago

If just one person in a nation of 25M has such power over other people's life and liberty, in my neck of the woods, it's called an unmitigated tryrrany.

Mr.MP you don't owe this charlatan a damn thing, somed ...
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If just one person in a nation of 25M has such power over other people's life and liberty, in my neck of the woods, it's called an unmitigated tryrrany.

Mr.MP you don't owe this charlatan a damn thing, someday and not so far in the distance, he'll get his comeuppance when the parliament gets the cojones to nullify the indemnity clause he and his flunkies sneaked into the constitution.
God bless the Republic.
Osman 10 years ago

Rawlings save me

Rawlings save me
Ewe man 10 years ago

Eh! Fa wutu begi Golf

Eh! Fa wutu begi Golf
adjoa Mensah 10 years ago

Please it is not Gonja Barracks. It is Gonda

Please it is not Gonja Barracks. It is Gonda
WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 10 years ago

They used that evil bastard to murder those who stood in their way to steal from those who worked hard to acquire wealth and they envied so much.

Evil bunch.

They used that evil bastard to murder those who stood in their way to steal from those who worked hard to acquire wealth and they envied so much.

Evil bunch.
WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 10 years ago

They used that evil bastard to murder those who stood in their way to steal from those who worked hard to acquire wealth and they envied so much.

Evil bunch.

Evil bunch

Evil Bunch

They used that evil bastard to murder those who stood in their way to steal from those who worked hard to acquire wealth and they envied so much.

Evil bunch.

Evil bunch

Evil Bunch
KNYC (USMC) 10 years ago

What a douchebag Paul Collins Appiah Ofori, what about the rest who were killed?

What a douchebag Paul Collins Appiah Ofori, what about the rest who were killed?
Question Your Mentality 10 years ago

Who prosecuted you to face firing squad in the frst place, Ofori?

Who prosecuted you to face firing squad in the frst place, Ofori?
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago

It is this Appiah-Ofori who ditch Mr. L.A. Quarshie a Managing Proprietor of defunct Bibiani Wood & Metal Complex to loose his business in mid-'80's and made Mr. Rawlings appointed an Ewe man to run the company which eventual ...
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It is this Appiah-Ofori who ditch Mr. L.A. Quarshie a Managing Proprietor of defunct Bibiani Wood & Metal Complex to loose his business in mid-'80's and made Mr. Rawlings appointed an Ewe man to run the company which eventually got collapsed making hundreds of employees lost their jobs. He has been a snake under glass and people who know Appiah-Ofori will attest to this.

The recent GH C7,000.00 fee imposed by the SC on Sir John and Mr. Adorye did not come from Appiah-Ofori's pocket as he was trying to get credit for that. We know the source of the money. He should retire and enjoy his booty and stop disturbing our peace of mind. E&OE.
Sadal 10 years ago

Just read the lines and be the judge.How on earth can a man just make a list of his own folks to be killed by firing squard?Will JJ be happy today if somebody came on today via a coup and made a list just as he did to others ...
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Just read the lines and be the judge.How on earth can a man just make a list of his own folks to be killed by firing squard?Will JJ be happy today if somebody came on today via a coup and made a list just as he did to others with his name on the list?Just let JJ and his wife think through this and come out with an answer.So what this fellow is saying here is not about saving but sparing of his life.So now if means God hates all the others who were given firing squad.Just look at a person such W.O.Adjei Boadi who kiled people in broad day light now he is suffering very sick and goes around saying that somebody juju him no nobody has the time to juju him but that is the wages of sin.JJ dono even care a hoot about all those who were just so stupid excuse my language to go around to die for him.W.O.Nkwantabisa is also suffering.When people are tormonting others they even forget about the future.
DR. KWABENA ASANTE 10 years ago

I think there is more to this. We need all the information about the secret killings of JJ Rawlings. PC Ofori was lucky because he was in the good books of Rawlings. What about the rest of the unfortunate ones? Asem beba dabi ...
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I think there is more to this. We need all the information about the secret killings of JJ Rawlings. PC Ofori was lucky because he was in the good books of Rawlings. What about the rest of the unfortunate ones? Asem beba dabi.
Joe 10 years ago

Who cares? JJ himself is lucky to be alive today.

Who cares? JJ himself is lucky to be alive today.

Rawlings saved me from facing firing squad - Appiah Ofori

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