Why my 60-year-old father was given 24 lashes by Rawlings' soldiers - Oboy Siki recounts

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  • SMARTPHONE £XPERT - START MAKING REAL MONEY IN 3WKS 2 years ago

    Takenyours first before corrupting the youth...Abeg no blame your village people when money no dey or things are not working, if you've not yet taken action to achieve a new skill. The time is ripe now to avoid wasting anothe ...
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  • Ex-Pope 2 years ago

    TALK IS CHEAP, DR, DUMBI, LETS SEE YOU TAKE THOSE TEN PILLS TO PROVE YOUR POINT.

    Dr. Dumbi, you'll get lots of followers if only you will show up at a public place and show folks that you mean business by taking those ten ...
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  • Rans 2 years ago

    Oboy siki your story is not wholly true. May I ask was your father at the age of 60 was still teaching or driving? How can a bus or a truck slated for 33 passengers can take 77 penssengers? Not 40 or 50. Your story about y ...
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  • Atta Obeng site 19 Tema 2 years ago

    We call it discipline, that is what ghanaians need but not this useless democracy being practice by thieves calling themselves politicians

  • Daniel Akesseh 2 years ago

    Indispline old man deserved his beatings

  • Ruth 2 years ago

    Not surprised he gave birth to such a foolish and an idiot son like.

  • Kwame 2 years ago

    It was a practice during PNDC and NDC era that vehicles overload. There were long queues during those day because of non-availability of spare parts and vehicles.
    Overloading in those days was in itself an official policy, ...
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  • Francis 2 years ago

    How old were you at that time. Are you sure Rawlings came to destroy our Railway system?

  • The Spear 2 years ago

    Don't mind the idiot! The system was down before JJR came. Remember one of the iconic pictures of the time having Rawlings in it carrying rail line and helping a derailed train?

    There's actually no leader comparable to Raw ...
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  • SHAMU 2 years ago

    Look! that your father deserved the lashes. Because during that time, he violated a lot of rules, hence deserve the lashes. So, I will advice you to would have warn your father to behave. Secondly, you should have love Rawlin ...
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  • Ama ghana. 2 years ago

    ....and yet you his son is the torch bearer of ndc, shame.

  • Moore Manny 2 years ago

    He is a wise son....one who knows that greed must not fester and wrong must not go unpunished!

  • Joy 2 years ago

    Really? J j was just a silly thiefy guy

  • Abiola 2 years ago

    More than this assholes who are in power. What a shitty watty democrazy we practice here

  • Neutralman 2 years ago

    Is this story true?

  • Foolish man and you still support his party 2 years ago

    Foolish man. Your grandfather would be mourning in his grave.

  • Ex-Pope 2 years ago

    YOUR CORRUPT DADDY ENDANGERED LIVES BY OVER-LOADING AND BRIBING CROOKED POLICE OFFICERS FOR A FREE PASS.

    Your father bribed police officers to look the other way while he continued to endanger lives by over-loading his com ...
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  • Poy 2 years ago

    He actually needed 2x what he was given. Lawless senior citizen.
    The like of Nana Addo and Ofori-Atta.

  • Dzimakpla 2 years ago

    Son of a fool

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  • KPE COBLA 2 years ago

    So you said the Police Commander arrested your corrupt father and ordered lashes for him. How does Chairman Rawlings come into this matter?

  • Zy 2 years ago

    These people develop amnesia and conveniently chose to ignore the fact that before Rawlings there were Kotoka, Afrifa, Acheampong and the list goes on. They committed atrocities, killed other people to achieve their parochial ...
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