The Dispatch

"Judges' killers were mislead - Rawlings", is the banner headline of the Dispatch. The paper says President Rawlings' reference to the June 30, 1982 abduction and murder of three Judges, Mrs. Cecilia Koranteng-Addow, Mr. Justice K.A. Agyepong, Mr. Justice F.P. Sarkodie and a retired Army Officer, Major Sam Acquah, at the Independence Square last Thursday to mark the sixth anniversary of the Fourth Republic, was one of the occassions where the President departs from his prepared text and makes headlines.

"During the period of the PNDC, something very traumatic, very painful happened to us in this country when some of our comrades misguided, by probably certain elements, collected a handful of judges and killed them, in a very painful way. But it did not stay there, we carried out a very efficient investigative process, followed by a very efficient and fair trial and what happened? The maximum punishment was exacted," the paper quoted the president as saying.

According to the paper, the President referred to this act when he condemned the continuing harassment of police personnel in particular and the brutal murder of Constable Owusu Sekyere and Corporal Jerry Wornoo at Ablekuma, near Accra. The President was reported to have challenged the Judiciary to deal drastically with people who engage in such acts.

However, Kweku Baako, the editor of the Crusading Guide in a Radio Gold 90.5 Fm programme last Friday, said it is only those from the moon who were not in Ghana who will think the way the President was thinking. " I'm surprise the President is even attempting to give some credit to the Special Investigations Board".