Murdered judge's son accuses J.J Rawlings

The Guide reports that Mr Kwabena Agyepong son of Justice Agyepong one of the judges abducted and murdered in cold blood about 18 years ago has accused President Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Rawlings of instigating and ordering the killings.

The paper states that at a press conference to mark the 18th anniversary of the gruesome murder of his father and three others, Kwabena Agyepong revealed that the late Amartey Kwei in his confession recorded on the eve of his execution at the prisons chapel of the Ussher Fort, confirmed the involvement of Mr and Mrs Rawlings.

He dared Rawlings and his wife to go to court over this matter if they think it is not true. According to the paper he disclosed that even more significant is the startling revelation that in the course of enquiry into the murders, the Chairman of the Special Investigation Board (SIB) Justice Azu Crabbe and the Chairman of the PNDC Flt Lt Rawlings held a secret meeting at a house in Tesano in the presence of two other persons.

The paper further states that the entire proceedings of the SIB, including its conclusions could easily be vitiated by evidence of this meeting between Rawlings and Justice Azu Crabbe. According to paper, the press statement also disclosed that other aspects of Rawlings involvement not known to many people came from his wife, Nana Konadu. It states that when Mrs Rawlings saw the statement issued by the June Four Movement (JFM) she was alarmed and surprised. Nana Konadu then called some JFM leaders and berated them for issuing statements condemning the killing because those killed were reactionaries, a term commonly used for those opposed to the revolution. She also told them that Rawlings had rejoiced and drank champagne when he heard the news.