Gold-ring on Acheampong's finger

An unrusted piece of ring believed to be hard metal or precious mineral like refined gold, was found stuck to the finger of one of the executed Heads of State, late Gen. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, during last Wednesday’s exhumation exercise, according to The Daily Guide.

Some police and military sources who witnessed the exhumation say apart from the gold ring, they found a host of rings on the fingers of the mortal remains of the executed army generals.


Gen. Acheampong had several other rings on his fingers, some of which doggedly refused to rust.

The rings on the two other former heads Gen. Akwasi A. Afrifa and Gen. F.W.K. Akuffo, were wedding ones, stuck on their fourth fingers, according to the sources.


According to the sources the secret manner in which the bodies of the executed generals were buried at Adoagyiri near the Nsawam medium security prisons between June 26, 1979 and later dates, has somewhat served a purpose, adding that had the generals not been buried, secretly, some grave looters would have dugout their graves in search of valuables as they do to the graveyards of notable and wealthy individuals in the society.