Re-open murdered Judges case

The first Secretary for Youth and Sports in the former PNDC, Zaya Yeebo, who resigned after two years and went into exile, is reported by 'The Evening News' to have returned to Ghana last Friday bearing hard feelings towards Jerry Rawlings thinking he should not be forgiven for atrocities that he committed against the people of Ghana.

Of real interest to him is the case of the three High Court Judges and a retired Army Officer murdered in 1982.

Zaya said the murder was part of a chain of murders that took place in the country especially in the Volta Region, strongly suspecting that they were for ritual purposes.

He recalled how a particular chief in the Volta Region was arrested in connection with some murders and brought to Gondar Barracks but was released on the orders of Capt Kojo Tsikata (rtd) and Jerry Rawlings.

According to Zaya, the murder of the judges was a great worry to some of them in the PNDC government because they felt that if High Court Judges could be abducted and murdered then nobody was safe in the country.

"Again, we realized that Jerry wanted to use the murders of the judges to frame up those of us he perceived to be supporting Sgt. Aloga Akatapore in the struggle for supremacy within the PNDC and get rid of us", he revealed.

He was of the strong opinion that those who masterminded the killings were still walking in the streets and described Amartey Kwei and others executed in connection with the case as "mere victims of other people's machinations".

"I am therefore, calling for the re-opening of the case. A special committee should be set up to delve into what actually happened. The committee should have the power to summon people like Jerry Rawlings and his wife to give evidence", he stressed.