Mad rush for ‘Who killed the Judges’ book

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Bbb 9 years ago

PNDC with the leadership of hatred criminal minded Flight lieutenant Bad kokuvi Jerry Rawlings masterminded the abductions and the murders.I have read it thoroughly it points to Fuckin opportunistic criminal Rawlings.

PNDC with the leadership of hatred criminal minded Flight lieutenant Bad kokuvi Jerry Rawlings masterminded the abductions and the murders.I have read it thoroughly it points to Fuckin opportunistic criminal Rawlings.
Freddy 9 years ago

Until people involved are dealt with severely the madness going on won't stop . They are doing so because they want to say their godfather JJ can do what he want. They would keep mute when the law is working and dealt ...
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Until people involved are dealt with severely the madness going on won't stop . They are doing so because they want to say their godfather JJ can do what he want. They would keep mute when the law is working and dealt with the chief criminal.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 9 years ago

AUTHOR: TULA----- NDC MAFIA AT NSAWAM Massa to visit the criminals; ------Ghanaians were told that the NDC led by Asiedu Nketia and Koku Anyidoho instigated these boys to threaten the judges but they denied it ; you see how t ...
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AUTHOR: TULA----- NDC MAFIA AT NSAWAM Massa to visit the criminals; ------Ghanaians were told that the NDC led by Asiedu Nketia and Koku Anyidoho instigated these boys to threaten the judges but they denied it ; you see how they are falling over themselves to visit the 3 criminals ; the NDC is a violent party founded by JJ Rawlings ; the judges should therefore be careful about these boys because they are just dangerous ; Do not be not be surprised if Jon Mahama visits them at night ; as I am concerned all the NDC propaganda machine can go and see them in prison .
Sam 9 years ago

Go and ask Nana Addo's new firend, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.

Go and ask Nana Addo's new firend, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.
KOFIE 9 years ago

THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES WITH THEM........THE MASTERMINDS ARE STILL AROUND TODAY SO MONTIE WANT TOGIVE US S RERUN ABI....... NEVER AGAIN
IN GHANA WE NOT THAT PASSIVE ANYMORE....... RISE UP UPRIGHT CITIZENS
AND DEFEND OF C ...
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THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES WITH THEM........THE MASTERMINDS ARE STILL AROUND TODAY SO MONTIE WANT TOGIVE US S RERUN ABI....... NEVER AGAIN
IN GHANA WE NOT THAT PASSIVE ANYMORE....... RISE UP UPRIGHT CITIZENS
AND DEFEND OF CHERISHED FREEDOMS NOT TO ABUSE AND THREATEN OTHERS
franciss 9 years ago

This is a concucted story by a desperate bunch..stupidity at play here...all because of dirty politics..Sunyani indeed...gutter press in full swing.NONESENSE.

This is a concucted story by a desperate bunch..stupidity at play here...all because of dirty politics..Sunyani indeed...gutter press in full swing.NONESENSE.
Bbb 9 years ago

Nonsense to you because you're still breastfeeding ,your dearest mum is still alive nobody has ever threatened,abducted,raped and murdered your dear mum, you adore your mother so much. huh?

Nonsense to you because you're still breastfeeding ,your dearest mum is still alive nobody has ever threatened,abducted,raped and murdered your dear mum, you adore your mother so much. huh?
Koobadu 9 years ago

Yes he is bloody fool to call this nonsense

Yes he is bloody fool to call this nonsense
joe 9 years ago

Womametw3! womametw3!! womametw3oooooo!!! Francis! How cld u insult straight away like that eh Francis? U c people can be worse than u with insults so keep it cool n consider n think about why the cedi is being fucked by USD. ...
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Womametw3! womametw3!! womametw3oooooo!!! Francis! How cld u insult straight away like that eh Francis? U c people can be worse than u with insults so keep it cool n consider n think about why the cedi is being fucked by USD. Who is responsible for it that's what I expect u to think about.. Reason, the tax payer n non tax payers like you could have common grounds for trading n value for work.
franciss 9 years ago

ABOA LIKE DAT...CONCERT!!!!????????...WOO PAPA HWUA WATI...ABOA BI NE BA...NO MONOPOLY OVA INSULTS..RIGHT BACK AT U WAI..OFUI.. ????????????

ABOA LIKE DAT...CONCERT!!!!????????...WOO PAPA HWUA WATI...ABOA BI NE BA...NO MONOPOLY OVA INSULTS..RIGHT BACK AT U WAI..OFUI.. ????????????

YAAWAH 9 years ago

OFUI BA SHUT UP AND DON'T SPEW ANY RUBBISH AGAIN.DON'T BE LIKE YOUR STUPID FATHER WHO DURING OUR SCHOOL DAYS I BEAT HIM TO POEP BECAUSE OF FOOD.HIS NICK-NAME WAS BABASHILELE!.KWASA,WO TRUMU KANKAN,DON'T FORGET TO WASH THERE W ...
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OFUI BA SHUT UP AND DON'T SPEW ANY RUBBISH AGAIN.DON'T BE LIKE YOUR STUPID FATHER WHO DURING OUR SCHOOL DAYS I BEAT HIM TO POEP BECAUSE OF FOOD.HIS NICK-NAME WAS BABASHILELE!.KWASA,WO TRUMU KANKAN,DON'T FORGET TO WASH THERE WHEN YOU BATH.ADAKATO LIKE YOU.RAWLINGS SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND IF NOT AT HIS OLD AGE HE SHOULD BE CASTRATED IN ORDER NOT TO HAVE HIS GENES IN OUR SOCIETY AGAIN BUT AT THIS OLD AGE AND HAS CHILDREN WE HAVE TO THROW HIM INTO PRISON FOR HIM TO DIE THERE AND WE NDC PEOPLE WILL COME BACK AND RULE OUR COUNTRY.NANIAMA BAGABIIGA,THE COUNTRY HAS GONE TO CAMELS.
Afful 9 years ago

Ebei, abon demaa?

Ebei, abon demaa?
franciss 9 years ago

HWE KWASEA BI NSO...E BE HERE U GO DO EDITING...GO EDIT DAILY GUTTER GUIDE PRESS OUTPUT...SON OF A SNAKE.

HWE KWASEA BI NSO...E BE HERE U GO DO EDITING...GO EDIT DAILY GUTTER GUIDE PRESS OUTPUT...SON OF A SNAKE.
ben Jason 9 years ago

the judges are disgraceful to Ghana! they took goat meat and sentence innocent people to prison. they have no respect whatsoever! they need to be kill.

the judges are disgraceful to Ghana! they took goat meat and sentence innocent people to prison. they have no respect whatsoever! they need to be kill.
kkb 9 years ago

Francis are you super-human? What makes where you live special? Your comment is sickening. Bloody fool.

Francis are you super-human? What makes where you live special? Your comment is sickening. Bloody fool.
franciss 9 years ago

How silly a Neanderthal like u cld be....better understand da import of my say...wo y3 aboa piiiii.

How silly a Neanderthal like u cld be....better understand da import of my say...wo y3 aboa piiiii.
franciss 9 years ago

STUPID PEOPLE...FOLLOWERS ND BELIEVERS IN FOOLISH STORIES...GULLIBLE EMPTY HEADED FOOLS...GYIMIFUO....U FOOLS R NOT DA ONLY ONES WITH INSULTS COPY RIGHT...MBOA...STUPID SOULS FOLLOWING A STUPID PARTY WITH A ZOMBIE AS ITS LEAD ...
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STUPID PEOPLE...FOLLOWERS ND BELIEVERS IN FOOLISH STORIES...GULLIBLE EMPTY HEADED FOOLS...GYIMIFUO....U FOOLS R NOT DA ONLY ONES WITH INSULTS COPY RIGHT...MBOA...STUPID SOULS FOLLOWING A STUPID PARTY WITH A ZOMBIE AS ITS LEADER....KWASIAFUO 'MBA...FUCKING MAGGOTS.
Kwaku 9 years ago

Please direct us to buy the book in Accra.

Please direct us to buy the book in Accra.
NII ASHETEY 9 years ago

MAY GOD PUNISHED NDC

MAY GOD PUNISHED NDC
Kaymensah 9 years ago

What happened to JJ Yidani, the author of the book, after his incarceration? Wow - was he really sent to jail with his wife and children?

What happened to JJ Yidani, the author of the book, after his incarceration? Wow - was he really sent to jail with his wife and children?

satanic church 9 years ago

Traditional Satanism is not simply an inversion, but a complete rejection of the images of a
00233244908520particular culture, religion, or philosophy. From there a Satanist uses those images against the ethos itself, that ...
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Traditional Satanism is not simply an inversion, but a complete rejection of the images of a
00233244908520particular culture, religion, or philosophy. From there a Satanist uses those images against the ethos itself, that was once his own conditioning. Persons who participate in traditional Satanic masses sometimes experience a king of 'sartori', a sudden enlightenment, to an increase in their own consciousness, and feeling stronger and satisfied because they had broken with the constraining opposites. In other words, at its highest level Satanism uncovers what the ethos of a particular community or society has covered up through images, dogma, words and ideas, returning the individual to the primal chaos out of which 'opposites' were created." ~ Magister Hagur, Temple of Atazoth Office
Baba Yaro 9 years ago

Only JJ Yidana went to.prison. His wife and children absconded. And after his sentence it was ordered that he continue to be in detention. He was such an intelligent police ifficer.May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Only JJ Yidana went to.prison. His wife and children absconded. And after his sentence it was ordered that he continue to be in detention. He was such an intelligent police ifficer.May his soul rest in perfect peace.
WE ALL NEED COPIES 9 years ago

The publishers must make copies available throughout the country. Every Ghanaian must read this book and be on the look out for those who wish to replicate the sad and horrible killing of Judges by the P/NDC political traditi ...
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The publishers must make copies available throughout the country. Every Ghanaian must read this book and be on the look out for those who wish to replicate the sad and horrible killing of Judges by the P/NDC political tradition in 1983.
A MUST READ FOR EVERY GHANAIAN 9 years ago

The publishers must make copies of this book available for sale in every part of Ghana. Every Zghanaian must read it and be on the look out for those who want to replicate the sad and horrible events of 1983.

The publishers must make copies of this book available for sale in every part of Ghana. Every Zghanaian must read it and be on the look out for those who want to replicate the sad and horrible events of 1983.
DR KUFFOUR 9 years ago

Daily Guide Africa, so what then happen to Mr JJ Yidani and his family after their arrest on 6th March 1983. Fill us up with this information so that we can make conclusions about that past as against the present.

Daily Guide Africa, so what then happen to Mr JJ Yidani and his family after their arrest on 6th March 1983. Fill us up with this information so that we can make conclusions about that past as against the present.
Adam Gumah 9 years ago

Please where do I get a copy of the book in KUMASI. Help because I am eager to read it

Please where do I get a copy of the book in KUMASI. Help because I am eager to read it
OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

THE AUTHOR OF SUCH A GREAT BOOK DESERVES HIGH COMMENDATION. J.J. YIDANA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND POSTERITY WOULD REVERE HIM. SO NOW LET US READ MORE AND FIND OUT MORE. I HOPE THE NAMES OF OUR ;IVING SAINTS DO NOT APPEAR IN TH ...
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THE AUTHOR OF SUCH A GREAT BOOK DESERVES HIGH COMMENDATION. J.J. YIDANA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND POSTERITY WOULD REVERE HIM. SO NOW LET US READ MORE AND FIND OUT MORE. I HOPE THE NAMES OF OUR ;IVING SAINTS DO NOT APPEAR IN THE ENTIRE STORY, I MEAN, J.J. RAWLINGS, NANA KONADU AGYEMANG RAWLINGS, CAPTAIN KOJO TSIKATA, LAWYER TATSU TSIKATA. MILLENIALS WHO MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THAT CASE CAN NOW READ THIS BOOK AND LEARN MORE.
Omani 9 years ago

www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Rawlings-Orderd-Killing-Of-Judges-Adabuga-36794

www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Rawlings-Orderd-Killing-Of-Judges-Adabuga-36794
ziginshaw 9 years ago

ONE of the architects of the December 31, 1981 coup d’etat, ex-Corporal Matthew Adabuga, yesterday told the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) that the Chairman of the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (P ...
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ONE of the architects of the December 31, 1981 coup d’etat, ex-Corporal Matthew Adabuga, yesterday told the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) that the Chairman of the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), Flt-Lt J. J. Rawlings, ordered the killing of the three High Court judges and a retired military officer in 1982. He said Flt-Lt Rawlings popped champagne, after he was informed that the four persons had been murdered. Cpl Adabuga, the first of exiled Ghanaians associated with the 31st December coup to come down to testify before the commission, is now the Public Relations Officer of the Red Cross Society in Oslo, Norway.
Giving an account of events prior to the 31st December coup and thereafter, Cpl Adabuga said he and his colleagues realised rather too late that Flt Lt Rawlings had “fooled and misled us”.
He, therefore, expressed his regret for “all that I did in bringing Ghana to its knees under the misguided leadership of Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings”.
He narrated how Flt Lt Rawlings allegedly conned them into believing that the late former President, Dr Hilla Limann, was in support of the coup d’etat, following what Flt Lt Rawlings said was an attempt by the Akan group in the People’s National Party (PNP) to topple the late leader.
Cpl Adabuga said he was in the office with Capt (rtd) Kojo Tsikata, Sgt Akata Pore and Flt-Lt Rawlings, when Mr Amartey Kwei came to inform them that they had finished the assignment on the judges but “I did not get the message clear then and even after the announcement”.
He said Flt Lt Rawlings did not utter a word and went to the refrigerator to take champagne to drink.
He said it was Messrs Amedeka, Dzandu and Tekpor who came to confide in him during the Special Investigations Board (SIB) probe that it was Flt Lt Rawlings who asked them to kill the judges and the retired military officer.
Cpl Adabuga said Flt Lt Rawlings and Capt Tsikata also directed Amedeka and his colleagues to burn the smocks they used in the operation at Bundase to eliminate all traces. He said they confided in him because he was the person they trusted as Flt Lt Rawlings and Capt Tsikata had refused to stand by them.
He said Amedeka narrated to him how Mrs Justice Koranteng, one of the murdered judges, got up in flames to chase the killers and was overpowered by Amedeka’s chanting and incantations.
According to Cpl Adabuga, he confronted Flt Lt Rawlings after he had been briefed but he “told me it was a state secret”.
He said a threw a blow at Flt Lt Rawlings but he managed to dodge it after which he complained to him about how he had been playing northerners against Akans to stage the coup.
He said it was from that stage that the two of them became enemies and that he and other soldiers then plotted to kill Rawlings but were allegedly given out by one Boakye.
Cpl Adabuga then described how Flt Lt Rawlings tried to eliminate his perceived enemies leading to the killing of Eric Asare and Giwa were killed in an accident while there was another attempt to kill him (Adabuga). In all, seven persons died in the accident involving him (Adabuga) on the Burma Camp - La road.
He told the commission how only 10 soldiers including C. C. Addai, George Agyekum, Amedeka, Amidu, Rawlings, Gbafer, Cudjoe and himself, struggled to stage the coup after Flt Lt Rawlings had taken them to the Achimota Forest to brief them about the alleged plans of Dr Limann for a military take over.
Cpl Adabuga said when his team realised they faced a heavy resistance and on seeing three dead bodies, Flt Lt Rawlings wanted to chicken out but “I arrested him and put him in one of the MOWAGS because I said he could not abandon us”.
He said Flt Lt Rawlings was not actually part of the team that fought to capture power but was used to make the announcement at the GBC because he was the only officer, stressing that “If we had another officer with us, Rawlings would have been shot immediately he chickened out and asked us to escape to Benin”.
He told the commission that the former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport attempting to export marijuana to the United Kingdom but Flt Lt Rawlings intervened that there was big time money in it and that because the economy was bad, it was important that they exported marijuana to earn some foreign exchange.
“My Lord, we all became excited at this piece of information. Adjei Boadi and myself immediately acquired a piece of land at Adeiso to cultivate marijuana but after the land had been ploughed, we had instructions to plant corn,” he said.
Cpl Adabuga said in the heat of the revolution, a friend of Flt Lt Rawlings, Mr Riyadh gave them information about Syrians and Lebanese gold and diamond dealers resulting in raids on their houses and shops to retrieve all the precious minerals as well as trips to the Obuasi mine by Rawlings for gold.
“I want Rawlings to account for all the gold and diamonds that were taken during the raids and give me my share”, he said.
Cpl Adabuga, who prior to his testimony had asked for immunity from prosecution, said Flt Lt Rawlings instructed Lt Blood Dzraku to lead soldiers including himself to Tsito to kill people in connection with the conflict there.
He also described attempts by him and some people, including Lt Gen Joshua Hamidu, Major Sulemana, and Baba Kankani as well as civilians to get rid of the PNDC regime but failed.
He said the junior ranks, in view of their tender ages and inexperience were misled by Rawlings into thinking that “we were doing the nation some good by our regrettable acts”.
He said he was only 24 years at the time and that it was easy to pollute the minds of the other ranks.
“I now challenge Flt Lt Rawlings, the principal perpetrator and instigator of most of these crimes, if he has any conscience and any honour left in him at all, to come out openly and without mincing words, acknowledge his crimes and guilt, apologise genuinely to the people of Ghana and asked for their forgiveness so that we can all have true reconciliation and peace,” he said.
When asked if civilians were part of the coup, he said the only civilian who was closed to the events was one Apostle Barnabas, a journalist who was only covering the events and that Messrs Tsatsu Tsikata and Chris Atim came on board after the take over.
Lt Gen Emmanuel Erskine, a member of the commission, expressed the hope that serving soldiers will learn from the account of Cpl Adabuga about how one mistake of misjudgement had plunged the country into social and economic mess.
He said the narration also exposed a lot of weaknesses in the system at that time and expressed the hope that the weaknesses have been corrected.
He said Cpl Adabuga from his account, showed a lot of leadership, courage and sacrifice and expressed the hope that “our officers will learn from these three qualities of yours”.
Most Rev Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, also a member of the commission, said the account of Cpl Adabuga provides a number of leads for the media to research into, especially the ethnic-tribal factor in the Ghanaian body-politic and the abuse of human rights.
When he drew Cpl Adabuga’s attention to the fact that his evidence was very incriminating and asked if the evidence could be subjected to further verification, Cpl Adabuga said he stands by it and ever ready to meet any of those mentioned to challenge him.
When Uborr Labal Balafu II, a member of the commission, asked if he or any other member of the team benefited from the gold, Cpl Adabuga said he did not benefit and that “I understand George Agyekum is a pastor in his village, so I believe he is not prosperous”.
In response to another question, Cpl Adabuga said he was a product of the Junior Leaders Company, popularly known as Boys Company in Kumasi and that many of them became enemies of the revolution.
When he took his turn, a former Editor of the Ghana News Agency, Mr Ansah Barnor, narrated how he was forced to resign for allegedly leaking news report on the SIB probe to the Voice of America.
He told the commission that although he was reporting for the West Africa Magazine, there was a VOA correspondent at the sittings and that the VOA report gave account of the contradicting statements of Capt Tsikata in his written and oral evidence as well as corroborated evidence by Mr Amartey Kwei and Mr P. V. Obeng, among others.
He said Capt Tsikata did not take kindly to the report and this created problems for him resulting in his forced resignation at the age of 32.
Mr Barnor, who said he is now impoverished and often walk from Chorkor to the Castle and to the NPP head office to seek assistance for his reinstatement, said Capt Tsikata did not take kindly to it because there was a unit which rewrote all the GNA reports and sent out to the media houses.
He said although the other media houses had correspondents at the SIB sittings, it was the GNA reports they used. Mr Barnor, who broke down in tears and held up hearing for several minutes, pleaded with the commission to help him out because he is now a desperate person.
Prof Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu, a member of the commission, then said Mr Barnor’s account will go a long way to explain some of the pressures the state-media go through and why the state-media have been wrongly accused of always carrying commissioning of KVIPs and markets.
On his part, Mr Samuel Kwadwo Boateng, told the commission how some soldiers raided his drinking bar at Adabraka in 1982 and took all the drinks and himself away to Burma Camp.
He said he was tortured and released a day after and told not to come back again.
He said he later met Cpl Anack Seidu, who led the operation, at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation where he worked as a supervisor, where he (Seidu) apologised for the incident.
When he took his turn, ex-Cpl John Kwasi Attipoe narrated how he was picked up from the 6BN in Tamale and interrogated about an alleged coup plot by Major Sulemana and Cpl John Adongo.
He said he and other detainees were severely tortured before being taken to various prisons.
He said for the seven years that he spent in detention, he was shuttled between Usher Fort, Nsawam, Winneba, Anomabo, Tarkwa and Sekondi prisons before he was released.
He said he knew nothing about the allegation levelled against him but the soldiers would not believe him. Cpl Attipoe expressed his appreciation to Mr Kwame Pianim and Amnesty International among others, who stood by him during those days in prison.
Otis Darko 9 years ago

Pls,we need some of the books in Manchester Uk,how can I order one,my number is 00447918150744.Hope to hear from you soon.

Pls,we need some of the books in Manchester Uk,how can I order one,my number is 00447918150744.Hope to hear from you soon.

Truth is One 9 years ago

Ghana in the making!

Ghana in the making!
Constable Joy 9 years ago

FOLKS.RETHINK AND AGAIN THINK WELL.SHOULD THEY HAVE KILLED PAPA JATO THERE WOULDN'T BE FORTH REPUBLIC.MAY THE SOULS OF SECOND LIEUTENANTS ARTHUR AND YEBOAH REST IN PEACE.

FOLKS.RETHINK AND AGAIN THINK WELL.SHOULD THEY HAVE KILLED PAPA JATO THERE WOULDN'T BE FORTH REPUBLIC.MAY THE SOULS OF SECOND LIEUTENANTS ARTHUR AND YEBOAH REST IN PEACE.
Giftruby Nana Opokuware 3 months ago

i need one of this book and i will pay $200 USD for it. if any one could get me one.

i need one of this book and i will pay $200 USD for it. if any one could get me one.

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