Now the onus lies on the sc to help expedite action on the court case to bring the revolution that is coming to Ghana.
This revolution is going to bring a total change among the political class of Ghana and all eyes will se ... read full comment
Now the onus lies on the sc to help expedite action on the court case to bring the revolution that is coming to Ghana.
This revolution is going to bring a total change among the political class of Ghana and all eyes will see that OVERHAUL.
As a matter of course, the underevelopment of Ghana should be laid at the door step of the ndc.
Their incompetence is legendary and they have failed Ghana woefully.
You ask them to tell you one single policy they have brought to Ghana and they only engage in insults.They have no men to think for the nation but a master of winning elections and unable to solve the economic issues confronting the nation.
Arise fellow Ghanaians and revolt against these people who are surrounded with tribalistic and sentimentalistic minds.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Babylon 11 years ago
The SC should quickly throw away the writ filed by the so called ndc supporters and ajudicate matters quickly.
Our nation is in tatters and mother Ghana is crying so the supreme court ought not to delay. If they delay they ... read full comment
The SC should quickly throw away the writ filed by the so called ndc supporters and ajudicate matters quickly.
Our nation is in tatters and mother Ghana is crying so the supreme court ought not to delay. If they delay they have delayed the development of Ghana. Even the US is enjoying free education how much more Ghana.Ghana deserves the best and not to condone the gross incompetence and power conscious NDC government.
ACT FAST THE SUPREME COURT.
Concerned Ghanaian 11 years ago
The supreme court will hurry up all right but the end result may not be be what you expect.
As far as the writer of the article is concerned, I will like him to go back and take a second look at the glowing analysis he did ... read full comment
The supreme court will hurry up all right but the end result may not be be what you expect.
As far as the writer of the article is concerned, I will like him to go back and take a second look at the glowing analysis he did of the kufuor era.
The writer jumps from the CPP era to the PNDC era. Has he forgotten that Busia was there? What did Busia do to advance the country?
The writer did a glowing review of kufuor's presidency without letting people into the knowledge that most of kufuor's time was used by him and his henchmen of thieves to loot the country of anything that was not nailed down. Can the writer tell readers some of the infrastructure improvements that NPP undertook when they were in power for eight good years?
The writer talks about Rawlings selling state properties. I want to remind him that kufuor was just as guilty in selling state properties.
The writer started to write a good articles and tainted it with his bias for the NPP.
DAN 11 years ago
they found oil 50 years after Nigeria,,Has your ignorant ass looked for oil...Dumb Nigger, never leave black man in charge of anything
they found oil 50 years after Nigeria,,Has your ignorant ass looked for oil...Dumb Nigger, never leave black man in charge of anything
GHANAFIRE 11 years ago
..ARE YOUR EYES OPEN OR CLOSED???!!! ENQUIRING MINDS ...DONT GIVE A SHIT!!! YOOO HOOO DAN, SORE LOSER NPP!!! HOOOOOO I'M LAUGHING AT YOU AND YOUR USELESS COMMENTS!!!! GUESS WHAT??? WE, THE NDC, DONT GIVE A SHIT!!! WE WILL CHO ... read full comment
..ARE YOUR EYES OPEN OR CLOSED???!!! ENQUIRING MINDS ...DONT GIVE A SHIT!!! YOOO HOOO DAN, SORE LOSER NPP!!! HOOOOOO I'M LAUGHING AT YOU AND YOUR USELESS COMMENTS!!!! GUESS WHAT??? WE, THE NDC, DONT GIVE A SHIT!!! WE WILL CHOP!!! SCREW YOU!!!
Asante 11 years ago
LAUGHING TODAY then CRY TOMORROW? HOOOOOO on yourselfYOU AND YOUR USELESS PRESIDENT AND THE NDC SORRIGATE WILL EAT A SHIT WHEN THE TIME COMES
LAUGHING TODAY then CRY TOMORROW? HOOOOOO on yourselfYOU AND YOUR USELESS PRESIDENT AND THE NDC SORRIGATE WILL EAT A SHIT WHEN THE TIME COMES
Katakyie 11 years ago
I doubt if your senses are working to perfection. Why should I waste my time to tell you what the NPP did in 8 yrs when you and your family members possess NHIS cards? Do you visit our stadia to watch football matches? Who do ... read full comment
I doubt if your senses are working to perfection. Why should I waste my time to tell you what the NPP did in 8 yrs when you and your family members possess NHIS cards? Do you visit our stadia to watch football matches? Who do you think built the Tamale and Essipong stadia? Have u travelled from Accra to Aflao, Ksi, Kasoa, Aburi,and have u passed through the George Walker Bush road? Open your eyes because I know your niece is enjoying the Capitation grant and your brother is also employed by NYEP.
GHANAFIRE 11 years ago
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE NPP RUSHED INTO THE NHIS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S COLLAPSING NOW!
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE NPP RUSHED INTO THE NHIS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S COLLAPSING NOW!
DAN 11 years ago
my parents never paid a dime(except taxs/income/property) for me to attend school
my parents never paid a dime(except taxs/income/property) for me to attend school
GHANAFIRE 11 years ago
NIGGERLALIA DAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU ARE A 2 HEADED GOAT FROM HELL AND EVEN THE NPP DONT WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN IS FULL OF THE PUS THE DEVIL VOMITED THERE!!!! WHO ARE YOU KIDDING??? THE DEVIL IS YOUR MOTHER ... read full comment
NIGGERLALIA DAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU ARE A 2 HEADED GOAT FROM HELL AND EVEN THE NPP DONT WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN IS FULL OF THE PUS THE DEVIL VOMITED THERE!!!! WHO ARE YOU KIDDING??? THE DEVIL IS YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER....POOR YOU, IS CALLING PEOPLE NIGGER ALL YOU CAN DO??? GUESS WHAT, I VOTED FOR JOHN MAHAMA AND I AM ENJOYING HIS PRESIDENCY!!! I WILL CHOP KE KE
GHANAFIRE 11 years ago
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM DAN, WITH ME OR THE NDC, DIAL 1 800 EAT SHIT COS WE DONT GIVE ONE!!! GUESS WHAT DAN? THE MORE YOU WRITE THOSE STUPID COMMENTS, THE MORE I LAUGH COS I KNOW IT IS P A I N I N G YOU OOOHHHH!!!!! HA HA HA HA ... read full comment
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM DAN, WITH ME OR THE NDC, DIAL 1 800 EAT SHIT COS WE DONT GIVE ONE!!! GUESS WHAT DAN? THE MORE YOU WRITE THOSE STUPID COMMENTS, THE MORE I LAUGH COS I KNOW IT IS P A I N I N G YOU OOOHHHH!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ROFLMAO!!!!
GHANAFIRE 11 years ago
OH I SEE...THE DEVIL TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPELL NIGGER COS YOU'RE THE BLACKEST NIGGER OF THEM ALL!!! SORRY FOR YOU OOOHHHH!
OH I SEE...THE DEVIL TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPELL NIGGER COS YOU'RE THE BLACKEST NIGGER OF THEM ALL!!! SORRY FOR YOU OOOHHHH!
MOO- NEKASA-AGYAA !!! 11 years ago
HOW ON EARTH DO WE ALLOW THIS TAANI TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY
HOW ON EARTH DO WE ALLOW THIS TAANI TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY
NTAAFUO GOOD FOR GOATS,NOT GOVERNING 11 years ago
THIS TAANI HAS NO CLUE WHAT TO DO
THIS TAANI HAS NO CLUE WHAT TO DO
mensah abrampa 11 years ago
In 1982 the PNDC came to power as a military junta and were quick to identify themselves as socialists. Rawlings second coming was a deceptive ploy and was indeed a huge curse on a nation still recovering from the brutalities ... read full comment
In 1982 the PNDC came to power as a military junta and were quick to identify themselves as socialists. Rawlings second coming was a deceptive ploy and was indeed a huge curse on a nation still recovering from the brutalities and ravages of the AFRC era.
Being so-called socialists and poor they dressed poor and wore sandals fashioned out of old car tyres which were affectionately called "Jesus is a soul man". The first government delegation sent overseas were snubbed by the host governments because of their shabby dressing. We however watched their quick metamorphosis from poor members of a military junta into a ruthless kleptocracy.
The effects of their rule was adverse on the economy, politics and civil rights. Embezzlement of taxes and money laundering were regular and they managed to degrade everyone's quality of life, subverting democracy in the process.
It's true that Rawlings and his band of robbers sold off our entire industrial base, cashing in a whooping $300m plus which was never accounted for.
i remember a PNDC account that was created for taxes accruing from the importation of what they termed as over-aged cars and to date the monies collected have not been accounted for. Is it any wonder Mr Rawlings has never been able to document or tell his rags to riches story which every ghanaian, friend or foe would be interested to know? After shooting people at the stakes on mere allegations of corruption, they dipped their hands shamelessly on several occasions into the state coffers. Their anti wealth stance made it impossible for the nouveaux riches to show off their wealth and possessions even after they left office. They were afraid of what the people might say.
Afte exiting from active politics with their stolen millions they were replaced in 2008 by a new NDC class of political waste and mediocrity. They also mutated into a toxic mix of criminality, intolerance and fell in lockstep with hatemongers.
Mahama and the NDC jokers called social democrats must go if we want to save this nation from total collapse.
OBIBA-JUDAS 11 years ago
IF ALL PEOPLE ARE LIKE YOU AND ME TODAYSO COMPETENT PEOPLE CAN TAKE OVER.
IF ALL PEOPLE ARE LIKE YOU AND ME TODAYSO COMPETENT PEOPLE CAN TAKE OVER.
Akua 11 years ago
We need people like you Mr Agyemang, Ghana is collapsing, foreigners are taking our resources, things are tough. Well meaning Ghanians should come together to stamp out fraud, abuse of our resources, the general decline of ou ... read full comment
We need people like you Mr Agyemang, Ghana is collapsing, foreigners are taking our resources, things are tough. Well meaning Ghanians should come together to stamp out fraud, abuse of our resources, the general decline of our beloved country. Let us come together for our future generations.
ASHKENAZI 11 years ago
The Dangquah/Busia Tradition Represented By The NPP
Today Have Never Conceded Election Defeat Since 1951-2012
The National Liberation Movement (NLM) with “Mate-meho” as its local name was launched in 1954 in Kumasi an ... read full comment
The Dangquah/Busia Tradition Represented By The NPP
Today Have Never Conceded Election Defeat Since 1951-2012
The National Liberation Movement (NLM) with “Mate-meho” as its local name was launched in 1954 in Kumasi and the immediate cause of its birth was the Cocoa Duty and Development Funds Bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly in order to Fix the price of Cocoa at 72 shillings for 4 years. This was contrary to what the CPP had promised the country. The cry of “Yeate yeho” to wit: we have broken away was raised. Three weeks after the launching of the NLM, the Great Oath of Asante was sworn an 19th September, 1954 by the Senior Linguist of the Asantehene, Baffour Akoto who was the Chairman of the murderous tribal grouping.
The swearing of that important oath signified the seriousness of the sectarian perspective of the movement which was found only for the daughters and sons of the “Asante nation” as they termed it The Senior Linguist later turned round to change the direction of the NLM by again swearing the Great Oath of Asante pledging £20,000 drawn from the Asantehene Palace Fund to support it to fight the dictatorship of Dr. Nkrumah and his CPP in his bid to lead Ghana into independence in 1957. The Asantehene at that time was Nana Agyeman Prempeh II who gave his full support to the NLM and stated that the “Asante State” had assumed full responsibility for the National Liberation Movement. Its appeal was decidedly limited to Asante and its call to arms were based on the past glories of that “state”. The Asante Youth Association (AYA) which was once a vanguard wing of the CPP declared for Asante “nationalism” and Dr. Busia led the crusade on the orders of the illiterate Linguist of the Asantehene to fight Dr. Nkrumah’s dictatorship. At that point, a number of leading Asante political leaders who had been on the front bench of the CPP defected. These were Mr. R.R. Amponsah, Victor Owusu and Joe Appiah all bolted the CPP in order to join the sectarian revandist NLM. The NLM was later renamed the United Party (UP) when Dr. Nkrumah sent the A voidance of Discrimination Bill to Parliament and it was passed into Law banning all political parties formed on tribal and religious lines. Members of the United Party (UP) which the NPP represent today 2013 said that all those who supported the CPP belong to no family or clan just as those who boycotted parliament and insulted the president of Ghana today, also belong to no family or clan. Again, the NLM thugs stated that those who are strangers, not properly trained to appreciate the VALUE OF THE TRUE AND NOBLE AKAN. It was therefore no surprise that the United Party with Dr. Busia as its Presidential Candidate lost the elections which were conducted by the British in 1951, 1954 and 1956 and there was an Ethnic Cleansing in Kumasi and Kyebi led by Dr. K.A. Busia in Kumasi and Dr. J.B. Danquah in Kyebi.
Dr. Busia refused to accept defeat in all the three general elections and warned thus. If the British Government granted Independence to the Gold Coast government without a general agreement on the constitution, Ashanti would separate herself from the rest of the country. Ghana was granted independence on March 6th 1957. Have the Asantes been able to separate themselves from the rest of the country? No, why you must ask Nana Akuffo Addo. In 1969, the CPP was banned under NLC Decree 345 and Dr. Busia contested the election against his own shadow and won the 1969 general elections. But in 1979 Mr. Victor Owusu and his Popular Front Party (PFP) lost the elections to Dr.Hilla Limann of the Peoples National Party (PNP). Victor Owusu refused to CONCEDE defeat, In 1992, Jerry Rawlings defeated Professor Adu Boahen of the NPP-he refused to concede defeat, and came out with a criminal publication full of lies called the “Stolen Verdict”. In 1996, Mr. J.A. Kufour was beaten again by Rawlings during the general elections-he also refused to concede defeat and stated that it was a bought verdict. In 2000, Kufour won the elections and it was good. In 2004. Kufour won again and it was good.
But in 2008, when the late Prez. Mills beat Nana Akuffo Addo he refused to concede defeat.
In 2012, Nana Akuffo Addo was beaten again and he refused to concede defeat and rushed to the Supreme Court in order to cool down the tempers of his frustrated and violent party supporters
This article is written to educate the youth about the history of the blood soaked Asante/Akyem NPP that was formed out of Tribalism and Bloodshed in this country and it is a fact that the Danquah/Busia Tradition which the NPP represent today have never conceded any election defeat since 1951-2012 and when ever they lost the elections, they always resort to destroying national assets, e.g. it has been reported that some petrol bombs have been removed by the Military at some power insulations in Accra after the 2012 election.
During the 2012 elections campaign, Nana Akuffo Addo called on ALL AKANS to eschew the perception among other tribes in the country that Akans are cowards and would ran away from any little threat. Our predecessors who started the party that has now made us the largest party were not hiding under beds between 1951-1956.
The statement by Nana Akuffo Addo, the tribal war Lord on war path is very true and the following is what the predecesors of the United Party (UP) which the NPP represent today 2013 did and he had wanted NPP Supporters to repeat the same violent killings and bombing of NDC members and other political party supporters. The late J.B. Danquah of cursed memory made an infamous statement that Anybody who does not support the United Party must pay with his HEAD. Extreme violence was the immediate after math of the launching of the National Liberation Movement in September 1954. The NLM is what the violent prone NPP represent today.
One Mr. E.Y. Baffoe, the propaganda Secretary of the NLM was allegedly stabbed to death by Mr. Twumasi Ankrah, a Youth Leader of the great CPP. The NLM which the NPP represent today formed an Armed Group called the Action Groupers, whilst the CPP also created its counter force called the Action Troopers, These two groupings staged and organized violent provocations and confrontations which rendered the city of Kumasi unsafe. CPP Leaders fled to the South in the wake of an ETHNIC CLEASING in Kumasi and Kyebi in the Ashanti and Eastern Regions, houses of political opponents were set on fire, and its occupants were bombed to death in the NLM’s political fight with the supporters of the CPP led by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He was the first Prime Minster of Ghana but for 4 good years, for security reasons. There was even a carefully nurtured rumour that Dr. Nkrumah had demanded the Golden Stool. Oaths were sworn and Voluble threats issued in challenge to Nkrumah and the South. There was a bye-election for Atwima Mwabiagya which returned Mr. B.F. Kusi for the NLM who in his maiden speech thanked the “Asante nation” and dedicated himself to “the Federation and the institution of “TRUE DEMOCRACY” elections under a federal constitution” to prevent the abuse of power and the growth of dictatorship”. Frankly speaking, the NLM was fighting for Federation on a Narrow Tribal Front which failed woefully. These detribalized hooligans and hired cut throats are the only people who followed and have been following the blood soaked UP tradition which the NPP represent today 2013. The NLM based its appeal on a history of DIVISIONS and separateness. It set its face to back a constitution in which it will be possible for a small “coterie to dominate the country”
RIVERS OF BLOOD STARTED FLOWING IN KUMASI AND KYEBI AND SPREAD NATIONWIDE
Imposing Dr. J.B. Danquah as a “Patriotic Saint” by Ex-Prez. J.A. Kufour in February 2005 public pronouncement was very dishonest on his part as Dr. J.B. Danqauh was twice rejected by his own Akyem Abuakwa electorate in the 1951 and 1956 general elections. J.B. Danquah was a dreaded murderer who killed his political opponents with glee. It will be recalled that when Governer Gordon Guggisberg once visited Kyebi in Feb., 1922 one Mr. Donkor of Fankyereko told the Governor that THE BONES ON THE AKIM STATE DRUMS WERE THOSE OF REBELLIOUS SUB-CHIEFS. This is the reason why I describe NPP members as cannibals who eat human flesh.
Therefore, J.B. Danquah can never ever become a Patriotic Saint in Ghana, for describing him as such is a persecution of the ghosts of the 300 Young Pioneer children as well as Krobo Edusei’s Sister who were all murdered in cold blood by organized thugs of J.B. Danquah who together with Dr. K.A. Busia warned the British Government in August 1955 of grisly after effects if the country attained independence under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s CPP government but the British called their bluff and granted independence to Ghana on 6th March, 1957. This was what Dr. J.B Danquah and Dr. K.A. Busia did – Now Read on:
1) November 10th 1955 – Dr. Nkrumah’s house was bombed by NLM thugs while he was resting inside (2) August 3rd 1956- The NLM, which the NPP represent today sent a resolution to the Secretary for the colonies demanding separate independence for ASANTE and NORTHERN TERRITORIES.
(3) August 1st 1962 – Dr. Nkrumah was bombed at Kulungugu when he was returning from the then Upper Volta – now Burkina Faso. (4) July 7th 1961, two bombs exploded in Accra, one wrecking Nkrumah’s statue. (5) Sept. 1961- There was a coup plot against the CPP government by Brigadier-General Joseph E.Michael who died in an air crash and the coup plot collapsed.
(6) September 9th 1962 – Another bomb exploded near the flagstaff house where the Ghana Young Pioneers were entertaining the audience. One person was killed and may others got injured. (7) Sept. 20th 1962. Two bombs exploded in Accra – killing several people. (8) September 18th 1962 – two bombs exploded in Accra killing and injuring so may people, another bomb blast occurred at Lucas House in Accra where 9 innocent children died on the spot.
(9) September 20th 1962. There was another bomb explosion in Accra killing innocent men, women and children – in the NLM/NPP style just because they lost power (10) January 11th 1963 – Another bomb exploded at a CPP rally in Accra Sport Stadium where 20 CPP supporters were killed and 400 people injured including Young Pioneer Cadres. (11) On Jan. 1st 1964- Seth Ametewe tried to assassinate Dr. Kwame Nkrumah by shooting at him for 5 times, but missed and rather shot dead one Salifu Dagarti – Nkrumah’s personal security officer (12) In 1956, Mr. R.R. Amponsah and major Ahwaitey attempted to overthrow the CPP government. This is what Nana Akuffo Addo want NPP members to for him to become President of Ghana.
Now, in the light of these senseless, barbaric, and beastly bomb attacks by members of the NLM/NPP against the late Dr. Nkrumah, the Young Pioneers and Many School children how could the CPP govt. protect and develop the newly independent State of Ghana? That was the main reason why the Preventive Detention Act (P.D.A) was passed into law by the CPP (13) The dreaded NLM which the NPP represent today 2013 cut open the stomachs of pregnant women in their political fight with the late Dr. Nkrumah and his CPP government (14) The NLM/NPP buried their political opponents in the CPP and innocent people alive between 1951-1956 in Kumasi and Kyebi – the tribal strongholds of the violent prone NPP. GOD IS NOT MOCKED BECAUSE HE IS NOT A FOOL. (15) Madam Elizabeth Asantewa who was then a 13 year old school girl had her leg amputated as a result of NLM/NPP bomb thrown in her school when she was an parade March with other school children in 1964. The NPP must go and compensate her with a full house and take care of her medical bills. Those of you who are in Accra can cross check from the woman at Dansoman – opposite Osofo Dadzie flats. As you read this, her left leg is lost and the right foot is wasting away. (16) Ex-President Kufour had and still have no respect for Northerners and Muslims – In a meeting with the US Ambassador to Ghana in May 2005, the then President Kufour described “Zongo” people as people without brains of their own, He went on “The poor Zongos” are filled with Young people who are not educated. They only follow what they are told by the Imams. See Wikileaks – May 10th 2005, The NPP has always used TRIBALISM, to advance their political ambitions but in 2008 and 2012. Ghanaians rejected them because they have seen the “NYASS” of the NPP as a truly violent TRIBAL PARTY where only Natives of Asante and Kyebi are qualified to be the flagbearer of the Party AND NOT A GA, EWE OR A NORTHERNER whom they love to hate. Yes, this is the TRUE COLOURS OF THE NPP for you. The Battle is the Lords – yes I agree- but the NPP only know God when they are in opposition. These dangerous species must be Civil. I shall return when the need arise. I am done. “Jaanbie Iwaii”. Aluta Continua.
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CLEMENT SANGAPAREE
MUNICIPAL ORGANIZER
UNITED CADRES FRONT
OBUASI
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Mr. Michael Opperskalski
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Mountaineer Doesn't Answer Any More...
CIA and DMI against ANC and Ghana
South African intelligence services and their CIA partners have
set up an elaborate network to penetrate the African National
Congress and to distribute organized disinformation against the
ANC.
One of these organisations is an allegded media service
organisation, Newscope Ltd., headed by the prominent Ghanaian
exile, Major Kojo Boakye Djan, that has published until 1991 a
magazine called African Preview. According to the registration
papers handed in on the 03.11.87 at the "Companies Registration
Office" in London the company's objectives are (among others):
"procure to be written and print, publish, issue, circulate or
otherwise disseminate gratuitously or otherwise, reports, and
periodicals, books, pamphlets, leaflets, other literature, films,
records and videos; present, promote, manage, and produce such
seminars, conferences, lectures, exhibitions for examination,
communication and solution of problems which affect the community
at large ..." Since Mr. Djan is a black African this offered the
best opportunities for him to develop contacts with African
political circles.
Newscope first surfaced filming anti-apartheid and ANC-activities
in detail in Britain and than, in 1987, producing videos of a
crucial international ANC-conference at Arusha, Tanzania, which
was attended by ANC and Anti-Apartheid-activists from within South
Africa. At the Arusha meeting, Newscope's Director, Boakye-Djan,
was accompanied by a white South African lady who called herself
Catherine but whose real name is Victoria Ann Cotterill, born in
Durban. Miss Cotterill is an officer of the South African military
intelligence service DMI.
According to the registration papers the majority of Newscope's
shares are held by a certain Mr. Daryl Philipson. An Independent
article published on the 03. September 1988 quoted Mr. Boakye-Djan
saying that Mr. Philipson is a Swiss business man based in Geneva,
Switzerland and Maryland, USA, but there has never been a "Mr.
Philipson" or a company named Newscope at the address in Geneva
given to the Registration Office in London. According to sources
from within the South African military intelligence DMI "Mr.
Philipson" is an alias for a high-ranking DMI-officer. The
Independent of 03.09.88 further states that "according to reliable
sources Mr. Philipson has underwritten an account for Newscope at
a branch of Lloyds Bank for ? 200,000. Mr. Djan says that he has ?
2,000 a month overdraft facility". During that early period Mr.
Djan's case officer for "day-to-day-communication" was the
DMI-officer Etienne Fourier who was working under the cover of a
councellor at the South African embassy in London. Etienne Fourier
had later been expelled from Britain because he was involved in
trying to obtain Britain's latest anti-aircraft technology. The
same Etienne Fourier has been also responsible for developing
relations with the extremist Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), who
were recently involved in a DMI-attempt to kill South African
Special Branch police defector Dirk Coetzee in London.
Interview with Michael Opperskalski, Editor-in-Chief of Top Secret
Top Secret (TS): In your leading article you maintain that for
years you worked together "under cover" with the Ghanaian exile
Major Kojo Boakye-Djan. Can you tell us how this contact came
about in the first place?
Michael Opperskalski (MO): After the PNDC under Jerry Rawlings
came to power in Ghana in 1980, the Ghanaians repeatedly claimed
that massive attempts were being made from abroad, by parties
including the CIA, to destabilize the political process in Ghana.
This prompted me to make detailed investigations both in Ghana and
abroad. In 1984 I made contact with various opposition groups
based in London in order to find out more about the background
conditions. Since the end of 1984 I was in increasingly close
contact with Major Kojo Boakye-Djan, who at that time was Chairman
of the Campaign for Democracy in Ghana.
TS: How intensive were these contacts?
MO: Well, this relationship certainly developed gradually. From
the beginning I kept Mr. Djan in the dark about my aims in
connection with this action. Over time, a very close and trusting
relationship developed. During the past few years he even called
me "Sergeant-Major", probably in order to emphasize that I was to
play an important role in his plans. In this connection, he
promised me an advisory position if he should succeed in seizing
power in Ghana. Finally, at his request I even contacted his
underground organization in Ghana - he gave the code name
Mountaineer to this action - and acted as his courier. We were in
regular contact by telephone and had many long meetings in London.
During the past few years he asked me for advice on various
actions he was planning in connection with Ghana or South Africa,
or he let me in on the steps he was about to make. I believe that
all of this illustrates the fact that the relationship became
increasingly intense. For this reason I was able to learn a great
deal, directly or indirectly.
TS: How strong and influential was Mr. Boakye-Djan when you met
him in 1984?
MO: At that time Mr. Djan's international contacts were still not
very well developed. However, he received a small financial
subsidy from an old friend in the Israeli secret service MOSSAD, a
certain "Elli" whom he had met during his active service in Ghana.
One could speculate that possibly it was this "Elli" who provided
Mr. Djan with access to the CIA and the South African military
secret service DMI, because about a year later, in 1985, things
rapidly got better for Mr. Djan. The CIA created a political forum
for him, the "World Anti-Communist League" (renamed the "World
League for Freedom and Democracy" in 1990). Mr. Djan attended the
League's world conference in 1986 in his capacity as Chairman of
the Campaign for Democracy in Ghana. Only a few months later Djan
was also in contact with the South African military secret service
DMI, with whose financial support he founded the media firm
Newscope (Publishing) Ltd. on 17 November 1987 under Registration
No. 2194694.
The South African Connection
According to the Register of Companies, the majority of Newscope
shares are owned by a "Mr. Daryl Philipson", who - according to
statements made by Mr. Djan - has residences in Switzerland
(Geneva) and in Maryland (USA). When questioned further, Mr. Djan
repeatedly described him to me in personal talks as "an old man
who has an interest in my projects and enough money to support
them". Various investigations, however, revealed that there is no
"Mr. Daryl Philipson" living in Switzerland at the address given,
nor has there ever been. Nor has any firm named Newscope ever
operated in Switzerland. However, the description of "Mr. Daryl
Philipson" fits DMI agent Cliff Saunders, who has built up DMI
front projects and disinformation campaigns in Europe and the USA
disguised as a journalist working for the SABC (South African
Boradcasting Company). Furthermore, Cliff Saunders is the
secret-service commanding officer of another Ghanaian exile, a
certain Dr. Ben Ofusuhene, who cooperates closely with Mr. Djan.
But more on this topic later...
In any case, it is certain that "Mr. Phillipson" and Mr. Djan came
together at the initiative of a certain Gary van Dyke, allegedly a
businessman. This Mr. van Dyke, alias Matthew Thomson, is in
reality a deported South African secret-service officer who fought
as early as 1967 as a mercenary in the Congo on orders from the
DMI. In 1983 he was involved in South African plans to overthrow
the Angolan government; this operation ran under the code name
Operation Kubenge.
As early as 1988, the British newspaper "The Independent" had
investigated Mr. Djan's connections with South Africa and written,
on 3 September 1988: "According to reliable sources Mr. Phillipson
has underwritten an account for Newscope at a branch of Lloyd's
Bank for 200,000 pounds. Mr. Djan says that he has 2,000 pounds a
month overdraft facility." Whereas "Mr. Phillipson" always
remained in the background as the "old man" and patron, DMI
officer Etienne Fourier, who operated in the South African embassy
disguised as a diplomat and was later deported from Great Britain,
was Djan's contact person for regular communication during that
time.
Newscope's Network
The role that Mr. Boakye-Djan and Newscope - as well as his
business consulting firm M&M Consultants - were supposed to play
at the command of their South African patrons is obvious. As an
African, Boakye-Djan had an image that would not arouse suspicion.
His goal was to build up an extensive information network in
Africa. The vehicles for achieveing this goal were the magazine
"African Preview", which was published for a time by Newscope, and
a media service which he offered in the areas of video and photo
technology. "African Preview" in particular aimed at receiving and
publishing so-called "background information". To this end, it
built up a far-flung network of correspondents in Africa who
delivered information regularly in exchange for a fee. Its main
focus was on southern Africa and West Africa. Its long-term plan
was to slip into the role of a sort of "elder statesman" in
Africa.
In developing contacts in southern Africa, its particular focus
was on the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC). This
was not only in the interest of its patron but was also based on
the fact that good relations with the ANC function as a kind of
"entrance ticket" for connections reaching up to the highest
levels in Africa.
For this reason, the connection Mr. Djan made with the ANC's
representative to London at that time, Mr. Solly Smith, was of
incalculable value. I can still remember exactly how he recounted
to me triumphantly in 1988 that he had succeeded in tightly
integrating Solly Smith into the organization. He had given him -
after first consulting with "Mr. Phillipson" - 10% of the shares
in Newscope at the end of 1987/beginning of 1988 as a reward for
his "valuable work and his good contacts" on behalf of Newscope,
as Mr. Djan put it. This statement is backed up by a copy of the
relevant section of the Register of Companies, which we print here
in facsimile.
Mr. Djan was able to reap the fruits of these contacts quite soon.
First, he began to systematically observe ANC meetings and the
activities of the anti-apartheid movement in Great Britain; in
some cases he succeeded in recording whole conferences on
videotape. In 1987 he even turned up at an international ANC
conferencein Arusha, Tanzania, which was attended by
anti-apartheid activists from South Africa. He was accompanied to
this conference by a young white South African woman who called
herself Catherine. Her actual name, however, is Victoria Ann
Cotterill; she was born in Durban, South Africa. Miss Cotterill is
an agent of the South African military secret service DMI.
Important Contacts
Whenever the ANC organized a conference and whenever important
discussions took place, Mr. Djan was regularly and extensively
informed. In this connection, I remember very clearly the final
months of 1989, the period during which the ANC was preparing for
the prospective negotiations with the apartheid regime. Mr. Djan
was regularly sent information about these activities, in some
cases via fax. I personally saw internal ANC and SACTU documents,
as well as evaluations of the Communist Party (SACP), lying on his
desk. In some cases these were photocopies, in other cases they
were on fax paper. His network, which he had built up with Solly
Smith's help, was functioning well... At this point, Mr. Djan was
thinking out loud about raising Mr. Smith's shareholding at
Newscope to 15%, as an additional thank-you, so to speak.
During this period, Mr. Djan made systematic efforts to work his
way upward within the ANC hierarchy. In these efforts he lay
especial importance on developing contacts with so-called "radical
elements" within the liberation movement. One operation in this
direction was his attempt to build up a confidential relationship
with the former Secretary General of the SACP, Mr. Joe Slovo. Thus
he assigned Solly Smith the task of placing on Mr. Slovo's desk an
article that Mr. Djan had written years before for a West African
magazine about the book 117 Days written by Mr. Slovo's first wife
Ruth First. Mr. Smith was supposed to make sure that Mr. Slovo
would read this article and be impressed by it. The next step was
to be a meeting between Mr. Djan and Mr. Slovo, which would be
deliberately arranged but would appear to be accidental. I can not
say whether this operation was carried out to Mr. Djan's
satisfaction.
After I had observed how high-quality, intensive, and regular the
flow of information from ANC circles to Newscope had become, I put
pressure on Djan to tell me more. I told him I could not believe
that this kind of information, which in some cases was explosive
in nature, was coming solely from Solly Smith, and that I would
have to know more if our relationship were to develop on a more
solid foundation based on trust. At this point - if I remember
correctly, this was at the end of 1989 - he mentioned to me direct
and indirect contacts that he had with people at the level of the
ANC's National Executive Committee. He had developed these
contacts step by step via Solly Smith.
In this connection, he mentioned for the first time the name of
the ANC Secretary of Information, Pallo Jordan, with whom he,
Djan, was indirectly in contact and who was, according to Djan,
one of the "driving forces" behind the development of contacts and
possibilities for Newscope.
In the spring of 1990, this connection received an additional
dimension: an agreed-upon meeting between me and Djan had to be
suddenly postponed, initially without any reasons given. Then, for
the next two days Djan was no longer reachable. The explanation
for this came promptly. Djan called up, apologized, and said that
we now had to meet as soon as possible. The reason for the sudden
postponement of our planned meeting and for his absence had been
an important appointment organized for him by Solly Smith. He had
finally managed to meet Pallo Jordan personally in a London hotel.
Jordan and other members of a high-ranking ANC delegation had been
in transit in London. This was the reason for the hurry. The
direct contact with Jordan had been important for him because
Jordan was indeed a radical but operated independently within the
organization. This would open new possibilities for him, Djan. The
two men had agreed to expand their connections...
At the end of 1990 Mr. Djan traveled to South Africa in order to
observe the ANC national conference. This conference was
especially significant because it was to set the guidelines for
negotiations with the regime.
TS: Have you ever confronted Solly Smith or Pallo Jordan with
these accusations? Was the ANC informed about these events?
MO: Well, I contacted both Mr. Smith and Mr. Jordan by fax in
order to give them an opportunity to respond to these accusations.
Mr. Smith has not answered to this day, and the documentation is
of course also indisputable; we are printing some of these
documents in facsimile. This silence can therefore only be judged
as an admission of guilt.
Mr. Jordan sent an answer; we are also printing the text of his
fax. He denies knowing Mr. Djan personally or being familiar with
Newscope, or even ever having met Mr. Djan in London through the
offices of Mr. Smith. At the same time, he threatens me twice in a
very rude way and challenges me not to use this information unless
I want him to take court action. But the fact remains that his
name has been mentioned within the framework of an investigation
of infiltration by the South African secret services; that this
investigation, which has lasted several years, has yielded
numerous documents; that on the grounds of my close relationship
with Mr. Djan I am an eyewitness; and that Mr. Smith has still not
repudiated the accusations against him - including the accusation
that he was the one who introduced Mr. Jordan to Mr. Djan.
From the beginning, I have informed responsible ANC persons at the
highest level about the step-by-step course of my investigations.
These accusations are too serious to be merely swept under the
rug, especially in view of the most recent developments in South
Africa. If the ANC should initiate an investigation of the entire
affair, we will of course print a report on its results in one of
our future issues. The same holds true for any official statement
that may be published in this connection by the ANC leadership.
TS: Did Mr. Djan have other means of access to the ANC leadership?
MO: Yes, and here too Solly Smith, the former ANC representative
in England, was the initiator. In addition to his cooperation with
Mr. Kojo Boakye-Djan, Smith was also in close contact with another
Ghanaian exile, a certain Dr. Ben Ofusuhene, called Mr. Ben for
short. This Dr. Ben worked together closely with Mr. Djan; thus
for example, Dr. Ben's son was employed by Djan's Newscope for a
time. Dr. Ben's task was to create extensive operative and
personal contacts with the relatively large community of South
African exiles in England.
At the end of 1986/beginning of 1987, Solly Smith introduced Dr.
Ben to Dr. Francis Melli, who is a member of the ANC and the SACP
leadership and Editor-in-Chief of the ANC official publication
Sechaba. Thanks to his function, Dr. Melli had the most intimate
knowledge of internal information about the ANC and the SACP. A
very intensive relationship developed very quickly between the two
men. In 1987 Dr. Melli even moved into Dr. Ben's house near King's
Cross in London, to live there rent-free. Dr. Ben's surgery
occupies the ground floor of this house. One of the rental
apartments in this house was used by Dr. Francis Melli rent-free
from 1987 until his return to South Africa in 1990. Step by step,
Dr. Melli became dependent on Dr. Ben, both financially - Dr. Ben
repeatedly gave his "friend" Melli both small and larger sums of
money - and personally through Dr. Ben's adroit exploitation of
Dr. Melli's alcoholism. In this way Dr. Ben succeeded, for
example, in getting his hands on the records of a secret internal
ANC meeting (of the Advisory Committee of the Chief
Representative) on 12 August 1988 in London. Dr. Ben passed along
to Mr. Djan a copy of this paper, which he later presented proudly
as evidence of his high-level contacts within the ANC.
Via Francis Melli, Dr. Ben offered to buy a larger office building
in London as a present to the ANC. Because the ANC reacted very
coolly to this offer, Dr. Melli even arranged to meet the wife of
former ANC President Oliver Tambo in order to "force through" this
project. For Dr. Ben, money was no object...
Dr. Ben's Background
Dr. Ben worked for the South African military secret service DMI.
His commanding officer was DMI agent Cliff Saunders. How
unambiguous this connection with the DMI was can be seen clearly
by examining another operation carried out by Dr. Ben, over which
the ANC, however, maintained control.
In 1988 ANC journalist Henry Mzala was introduced to Dr. Ben by
Francis Melli. Mr. Mzala told him that he was writing a book about
the role of the so-called "homelands" in South Africa, but that
the financing of this book was still not covered. Dr. Ben
immediately offered to help him, saying: "I have a friend, an old
man, who has a lot of money and who is prepared to help."
What is interesting here is his mention of the old man; it
recalls, even through its choice of words, Mr. Djan's repeated
references to "Mr. Phillipson", the patron of Newscope. Is this
"old man", alias "Mr. Phillipson", the same person as DMI agent
Cliff Saunders? If so, another interesting circle would also be
closed. The fact is that Mzala later - after a personal meeting in
the spring of 1989 - gave a description of this "old man" which
fits Saunders. This meeting took place because Mzala had informed
the ANC about these developments from the beginning, and the ANC
had advised him to maintain these contacts in order to get to know
the people working behind the scenes.
During this meeting, the "old man" promised concrete assistance:
500 pounds a month, a computer, and the use of one of "his" houses
in Camden Town free of charge. This house later on turned out to
be a DMI safe house. Moreover, he promised to help get the book
published. Finally, Mzala received an additional 800 pounds from
Dr. Ben - as a "loan". This was the only meeting that ever took
place with the "old man". In later meetings he was represented by
one of his alleged co-workers, a supposed "businessman". This man,
white and in his late thirties, spoke English with a clear South
African-Boer accent and made a noticeable point of never appearing
in photos - which were made within the framework of informal
meetings at Mr. Mzala's home - or even being seen by persons he
did not know. But this relationship could not be further
developed, because Mzala became severely ill and later died.
The Death of Dr. Melli
In 1990 Dr. Francis Melli returned to South Africa in order to
resume his political activities there. However, he remained in
extremely close contact with his "friend" Dr. Ben. The latter
finally traveled to South Africa himself in September 1990 in
order to build up his network on the ground and to incorporate Dr.
Melli into it from the very beginning. Thus for example he offered
to buy a house for Dr. Melli in East London, South Africa. He said
he had the money to do this, and moreover could then himself live
with Dr. Melli, because in the future he would often be in South
Africa.
On 8 October, the two men planned to travel to East London in
order to look at appropriate houses and, if they found a suitable
one, to buy it immediately. The two men celebrated and drank
freely the evening before; Dr. Melli consumed large quantities of
alcohol, as always at Dr. Ben's expense. The drinking continued
the next morning. Thus Dr. Melli was completely drunk when he and
Dr. Ben drove to the airport in order to fly to East London.
There, however, the situation escalated. In the airport terminal,
the totally drunken Dr. Melli and Dr. Ben happened to meet several
ANC officials, who found it intolerable for a member of the ANC
leadership to behave this way in public. While Dr. Ben disappeared
in a panic (he was staying at the Carlton Hotel), the ANC
officials took Dr. Melli to the Protea Inn Hotel and checked him
into a room on the seventh floor. They also reported back to their
organization, which thereupon decided to initiate a detailed
investigation of the incident and its background, especially the
role played by Dr. Ben.
Dr. Ben grew alarmed: his entire carefully built up construction
was threatening to collapse. On the evening of 8 October, Dr. Ben
sent a taxi to pick up Francis Melli. Melli did not come back
until late that night, and died several hours later. His corpse
was found on 10 October sitting on his bed fully dressed, as
though he had died shortly after returning to his hotel room.
There are indisputable indications that Dr. Melli was poisoned at
the orders of the DMI, apparently during the meeting with Dr. Ben
to which he had been brought by taxi. The DMI probably feared that
Dr. Melli would begin to talk, in view of the impending
investigation and his own labile condition, about his own role,
about the activities of Dr. Ben, Kojo Boakye-Djan, and their South
African manipulators, and possibly also about other cases of
infiltation that had been successfully carried out by the South
African secret services with his help or that of Solly Smith. Dr.
Melli knew too much, and for this reason he had to die... On 9
October Dr. Ben left South Africa in a hurry, traveling toward
London, where he dropped out of sight.
The Attempt to Overthrow the Government in Ghana
TS: How is all of this connected with Mr. Djan's activities
against the Ghanaian government?
MO: Well, from all of his other African activities it is is clear
that Mr. Boakje-Djan belongs to the circle of Ghanaian exiles who
want to overthrow the Ghanaian government led by Jerry Rawlings -
whatever the cost. His activities toward this goal have been
completed in various stages, which have essentially depended on
three factors:
1) the international support received by Mr. Djan for his
activities in and against Ghana;
2) the intensity of his involvement in other projects, especially
the activities against the ANC which have already been described;
3) Mr. Djan's lack of a base, both in Ghana and among Ghanaian
exiles and the political opposition.
Against this background, his activities can be divided into three
stages. First, from the beginning of the Eighties until about 1985
he was extremely isolated and had no political platform worth
mentioning at his disposal which he could have used as a base for
his operations. Then he created the Campaign for Democracy in
Ghana, for which he systematically sought supporters in the West.
While the South African military secret service DMI used him
mainly for its own anti-ANC operations, it was primarily the North
American CIA that tried to build him up as an anti-Rawlings force.
He won international acceptance mainly through his participation
in the international congress of the World Anti-Communist League
(WACL) in 1986 in Luxemburg. The WACL (renamed the World League
for Freedom and Democracy in July 1990) is a well-financed
federation of fascists, Nazi collaborators and neo-Nazis, racists,
fugitive criminals and war criminals, leaders of Latin American
death squads, and respectable conservatives, and serves as a CIA
front organization. Led by retired US Army Major General John
Singlaub - a former senior CIA official who had played a leading
role in coordinating "Irangate/Contragate" projects for Lt. Col.
Oliver North - the WACL was transformed into a highly effective
and active supporter of right-wing and extremist guerilla groups
around the world (UNITA, MNR, the Nicaraguan contras, and the
Afghan mujaheddin, to mention a few), many of them terrorist and
mercenary groups.
With the help of the WACL, Djan could systematically build up
contacts from about 1985/86 onwards with various other
CIA-influenced or CIA front organizations. At this point I would
like to name some of them: the Heritage Foundation, National
Endowment for Democracy, Freedom Inc., etc. I have copies of some
of his letters to these and other groups. But he also developed
contacts with reactionary groups and mercenary organizations in
Africa; in this connection one must name UNITA and a certain Mr.
Guirma from Burkina Faso, who, in close contact with the CIA, was
already conspiring against that country's former Chief of State,
Thomas Sankara. Guirma operates out of France and the Ivory Coast,
and he opened up possibilities for his friend Djan to become
active in West Africa, especially in the Ivory Coast and Togo, and
to build up organizational structures there. The phase of
organizational construction was finished about 1990. From that
time on, Djan was successful in developing structures in Ghana on
his own.
At about the same time, his operations against the ANC went
through a crisis of sorts. I've already related the background of
the death of Dr. Francis Melli. The first articles about his South
African associates behind the scenes were appearing in British
newspapers. Thus Mr. Djan was at great risk of being compromised
altogether via his DMI-supported Newscope structures. For this
reason Mr. Djan decided, on the CIA's advice, to reorganize his
entire action program and from that time on to concentrate almost
entirely on Ghana.
The CIA Becomes a Decisive Factor
TS: How did the CIA exert its influence in concrete terms?
MO: I've already explained that the CIA offered a helping hand in
the development of international contacts between 1985 and 1990.
From about 1990 on, the CIA became the decisive factor and pushed
its colleagues from South Africa into the background. In the early
summer of 1990 the CIA developed a profile of Kojo Boakye-Djan
(KBD) and gave it to him in written form (see facsimile). The
title of this profile was "KBD and Ghana". Brief but cogent, this
paper summarizes his strengths and weaknesses, lists his potential
supporters and opponents within the Ghanaian political opposition,
and develops an action program for him that is described as
follows:
"KBD and Ghana
Strength: Towering above all others and cutting across the
left/right, civil and military, UP/CPP divide
Weakness: The above is also the source of weakness because it
means he is nobody's poodle and therefore difficult to deal with.
(...)
Time for Action
Plan of Action
a. Statesmanship: must continue to tower above the heads of his
likely opponents
b. A book from him stating his political position is long overdue
c. He must initiate and sustain a steady flow of press releases to
project himself and his movement."
Since this time, all of his activities have been essentially
oriented according to these guidelines worked out for him by the
CIA.
TS: What structures are available to Mr. Djan for the realization
of his goals?
MO: I've already mentioned the international support he enjoys. In
order to implement his program in Ghana he has built up structures
within the country and in West African neighboring countries. The
nature of these structures is either legal, semi-legal, or
illegal. His most important organizational platform in Ghana was
created when the Movement for Freedom and Justice (MFJ) was
founded in the summer of 1990 with the help of his people. The
establishment of this organization was accompanied by a series of
very close consultations with him. Djan worked out in London the
preliminary designs for the MFJ structure in Ghana, including the
personnel, (see facsimile) and sent them via courier or fax to his
followers in Accra.
Among the most important of these people, who are blindly devoted
to Mr. Djan, are Mr. Kwaku Baaku (Accra telephone no.: 776714 and
Mr. Blay, a lawyer (Accra telephone no.: 664376). I have met both
of them in Accra in the course of my courier services for Mr.
Djan, and was able to see for myself that they held in their hands
some of the reins of the organizational structure of the MFJ.
Whereas Mr. Baaku operated quite openly, Mr. Blay's function was
to maintain contacts with Mr. Djan's illegal structures. The
office he uses as a lawyer is located at what is called Castle
Junction in Accra, which is a strategically important point
because the road to the main government buildings branches off
from it. For this reason, a key strategic role was assigned to
this office in case of a violent overthrow of the government. A
follower of Djan named Mr. Arthiaboah maintains contacts with the
labor unions. Another person who carries a certain amount of
weight is Mr. Kwesi Pratt, who met several times with Mr. Djan in
London in order to coordinate his own activities with him
directly.
The MFJ also managed quite quickly to gain support from political
circles within the Ghanaian opposition which cannot be numbered
among the direct followers of Mr. Djan. This also includes the
Ghanaian opposition in exile. I have copies of letters of support
for the MFJ from diverse groups in London. From the beginning, the
MFJ also had some of the media on its side. The most important
newspaper in this category is certainly the "Pioneer", published
in Kumasi; there are also many leaflets that are published
irregularly and put together in a slapdash way.
In this way Mr. Djan succeeded in making a strategic breakthrough.
On the one hand he had access to a political organization which at
that time operated semi-legally and included forces extending
beyond Mr. Djan's circle of influence; on the other, he retained
his position as an "elder statesman" who stands above all
political organizations but at the same time exerts his influence
from behind the scenes.
Thus the establishment of the MFJ fit seamlessly into the CIA
profile which had been developed for Mr. Djan. And the CIA was
also actively supporting the MFJ on the ground. CIA agent
"Anderson" copied, distributed, and sent out the organization's
appeals, as well as providing financial support for the MFJ from
time to time. "Mr. Anderson" is apparently CIA officer Joseph Carl
Goodwin, who operates under the cover of a diplomat. One of the
political measures planned by Mr. Djan during this period was the
publication of his own book, which was to be introduced at an
international conference on "Democracy in Africa" together with
Ilka Model's book A Piece of Madness, which was to be translated
and circulated in Ghana in order to discredit Jerry Rawlings
personally. I have copies of letters from Mr. Baaku to Mr. Djan
(see box) which point out the significance of Ilka Model's book
within the context of the political campaign planned by Mr. Djan's
people in Ghana.
A Violent Coup Was Also Planned
TS: Were there also plans for a violent overthrow of the Ghanaian
government?
MO: Yes, and very concrete ones too. The first goal was to carry
out the political preparations for a violent coup, destabilize the
country, and isolate it internationally. In Mr. Djan's eyes the
MFJ was a means to this end. The plan was to incite unrest inside
the country and characterize Jerry Rawlings' government as a
repressive dictatorship. It was clear to Mr. Djan from the start
that a purely political road to power would be closed to him; for
this, he is simply too unpopular in Ghana. Thus it becomes logical
that for him only a violent coup is thinkable as a means to his
end. All of the political actions developed by him are only meant
to smoothe the way for such a violent coup. In one of his internal
papers, Mr. Djan writes about this as follows: "We have selected
uprising as the best option (...)" In such an uprising the most
important thing would be "to liquidate Rawlings and Tsikata at the
very beginning".
In order to prepare for a violent coup, Mr. Djan has built up
several organizational structures. One of them is a base in the
Ivory Coast which is headed by Mr. Blay's brother. The latter has
secret-service experience dating back to one of the corrupt
regimes that held power before 1979. A Ghanaian businessman named
Kabore (see photo with Djan in London) serves as one of his
couriers. In addition, Mr. Djan has stationed a small team in Togo
which is directed from the Ivory Coast. In Ghana he has managed to
infiltrate an official organization for his own purposes; this is
the Central Region Integrated Development Programme. This program
includes the training of armed nature-reserve guards. Some of
these guards are loyal to Mr. Djan and in case of need they can
operate as small disguised armed cells on the ground. The person
responsible for these groups is Mr. Kwesi Agbley, who is also a
follower of Mr. Djan; he is responsible to Mr. Baaku and is
officially in charge of organizational and personnel matters
within the Central Region Integrated Development Programme.
Moreover, Blay and Baaku have managed to recruit the responsible
regional governor, Ato Austin. Thus Mr. Djan has managed to build
up military structures as well as political ones.
However, at this point (1990/91) it was clear to him that the time
was not ripe for a military uprising and that the armed forces
controlled by him were still only weakly developed. For this
reason, he deliberately tried to make contact with Godfrey Osei,
the Ghanaian dissident who had already participated in 1986 in an
unsuccessful military coup organized by the CIA. In 1990/91 Osei
was fighting, together with about 200 other Ghanaians, as a
mercenary on the side of Charles Taylor in the Liberian civil war.
In case of an armed uprising, Osei and the other Ghanaian
mercenaries were/are to provide armed support. Mr. Osei also has
excellent contacts with the CIA.
Losing the Initiative
TS: Why have these plans not been fully implemented so far?
MO: In 1991 the Ghanaian government initiated a process of further
democratization of the country, thus taking the initiative out of
the hands of the entire political opposition. Presidential and
parliamentary elections will take place in November/December 1992.
Initially, the opposition was paralysed for a time. In view of the
country's economic stability, they could not compete with the
government in this area. Also, Rawlings and his followers can not
be accused of corruption. And now the Ghanaian government had also
seized the initiative regarding the question of democracy.
Thus, after a period of heated discussions the opposition split
into a majority which is willing to participate in the democratic
process and the elections, and a minority grouped around Mr. Djan
which rejects this process, calling it a "farce". Mr. Djan himself
was undecided for a time and founded his own party, the Free
Democrats Union - which, however, did not fulfill the criteria set
by the Ghanaian law concerning political parties, and thus has no
significance whatsoever.
TS: Have all of Mr. Djan's plans collapsed as a result of this
latest development?
MO: They haven't collapsed, but probably they've been shelved for
the time being. Certainly Mr. Djan's supporter, the CIA, is now
betting on two horses at once. The CIA has by no means broken off
its contact with Djan, but at the same time it is supporting
various opposition groups in Ghana, both financially and through
propaganda, directly and indirectly. Thus for example, the CIA
used a South Korean businessman to give financial support to a
pre-party or precursor organization, Our Heritage. The
organizations on which the CIA is betting include the Popular
Party for Democracy and Development, the People's Heritage Party,
the People's National Convention, the New Generation Alliance, and
in particular the clearly conservative New Patriotic Party. In
nearly all of these organizations, followers and co-workers of
Kojo Boakye-Djan hold key positions and thus influence the
direction and strategy of these organizations.
If these forces should win the elections, the country will slide
back once again into a situation like the one existing before
1979: a national sell-out and widespread corruption. But the CIA's
strategy for destabilizing Ghana would not succeed, even then.
However, the CIA is simultaneously continuing to keep Mr. Djan up
its sleeve as its trump card, in case of another possible
development: if Rawlings and his followers win the elections, this
would be a blow on behalf of the oppositon, which then, in
alliance with the CIA, would complain about election fraud - as
Savimbi is currently doing in Angola - in order to draw attention
away from its own defeat. This would be the signal for a massive
political destabilization campaign against the new, democratically
elected government led by Jerry Rawlings. A part of the outvoted
opposition - so speculates the CIA - will then turn to Kojo
Boakye-Djan and his as yet unused military option. Whatever
political scenario is played out during the coming months in
Ghana, Kojo Boakye-Djan and his CIA supporters constitute a threat
to the democratic process in that country. I hope that this
disclosure of his plans, activities, and behind-the-scenes
supporters will help to isolate him and his followers politically
in Ghana, and to open the eyes of some of the political forces in
that country to the fact that they are being manipulated without
their consent by a foreign power, the CIA, in order to destabilize
their homeland in the interests of this foreign power. If our
effort succeeds, then our years of investigation will have been
worthwhile. In any case, we will keep an eye on Ghana...
Pallo Jordan Answers Top Secret
We gave Pallo Jordan and Solly Smith the opportunity to respond to
the results of our investigations. Solly Smith preferred to remain
silent; Pallo Jordan answered by fax on 17 September 1992, as
follows:
"Dear Mr. Opperskalski,
I have just returned to my desk after being away from my office
for a week.
If I were you, I would think very carefully before publishing even
a word of the allegations you make in your note and the briefing
document you previously sent to Ivor Powell of "Vrye Weekblad".
(i) I do not know any Ghanaian exile by the name of Mr. Kojo
Boakye-Djan. I have never been introduced to a person by that name
as far as I can recall.
(ii) I know nothing or next to nothing of a publication "Newscope"
which you mention.
(iii) Mr. Solly Smith has never organised any meeting between
myself or any Ghanaian journalist in London or elsewhere.
(iv) I do not assist journalists to cover ANC meetings except as
part of my duties as Head of the ANC Information Department. While
I was in Lusaka that task was handled by Mr. Tom Sebina, whose
official task included Media Liaison; here in Johannesburg that
task has been ably filled by Mr. Saki Macozoma and his desk, Media
Liaison.
I would warn you most sincerely that if a single slander, either
direct or by innuendo, appears in your journal about myself, I
shall not hesitate to seek redress to the full extent of the law.
In other words I shall take you to the cleaners.
A copy of this telex will be sent to the ANC Legal Department.
I trust this clears up your questions.
Yours sincerely,
Z. Pallo Jordan
Secretary of Information"
** End of text from cdp:reg.safrica **
Just Google "Boakye-Gyan CIA ANC South African Intellgence" and see!
Yet Mahama wantsa to give him a job.
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Togbe setor 11 years ago
kwame opoku agyeman,i can see u re one of the asante bastards who dont knw their left from right...kiss my ass..black asante monkey...
kwame opoku agyeman,i can see u re one of the asante bastards who dont knw their left from right...kiss my ass..black asante monkey...
Sowah 11 years ago
Good article and very informative.
Good article and very informative.
AKK 11 years ago
Togbe setor you are evil Tell me which town in the Volta Region is better than a village in Akan area.If you support such a party then you are evil. It is only the devil that support bad things.That is why volta region is li ... read full comment
Togbe setor you are evil Tell me which town in the Volta Region is better than a village in Akan area.If you support such a party then you are evil. It is only the devil that support bad things.That is why volta region is like that and it will be like that till the end of the world.I blame the Akans who support this party because of money.Anybody who supports this party is EVIL. Animals are wiser than Ghanaians. Animals will not vote for this party.If you have been to school and you support this NDC.......I can only agree with you are insane and vote for N.D.C but if you are normal and vote for NDC then you are EVIL.
John Dek 11 years ago
Granted there is bad governance should that merit the supreme court ruling in favour of the NPP. Why not leave it to Ghanaians to decide that using the existing democratic channels. The SC’s decision will be based on the ev ... read full comment
Granted there is bad governance should that merit the supreme court ruling in favour of the NPP. Why not leave it to Ghanaians to decide that using the existing democratic channels. The SC’s decision will be based on the evidence of fraud made available but not on the performance of the NDC government.
Prepare your heart to receive and lay bare the facts and the truth no matter how bitter you find them
Now the onus lies on the sc to help expedite action on the court case to bring the revolution that is coming to Ghana.
This revolution is going to bring a total change among the political class of Ghana and all eyes will se ...
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The SC should quickly throw away the writ filed by the so called ndc supporters and ajudicate matters quickly.
Our nation is in tatters and mother Ghana is crying so the supreme court ought not to delay. If they delay they ...
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The supreme court will hurry up all right but the end result may not be be what you expect.
As far as the writer of the article is concerned, I will like him to go back and take a second look at the glowing analysis he did ...
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they found oil 50 years after Nigeria,,Has your ignorant ass looked for oil...Dumb Nigger, never leave black man in charge of anything
..ARE YOUR EYES OPEN OR CLOSED???!!! ENQUIRING MINDS ...DONT GIVE A SHIT!!! YOOO HOOO DAN, SORE LOSER NPP!!! HOOOOOO I'M LAUGHING AT YOU AND YOUR USELESS COMMENTS!!!! GUESS WHAT??? WE, THE NDC, DONT GIVE A SHIT!!! WE WILL CHO ...
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LAUGHING TODAY then CRY TOMORROW? HOOOOOO on yourselfYOU AND YOUR USELESS PRESIDENT AND THE NDC SORRIGATE WILL EAT A SHIT WHEN THE TIME COMES
I doubt if your senses are working to perfection. Why should I waste my time to tell you what the NPP did in 8 yrs when you and your family members possess NHIS cards? Do you visit our stadia to watch football matches? Who do ...
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE NPP RUSHED INTO THE NHIS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S COLLAPSING NOW!
my parents never paid a dime(except taxs/income/property) for me to attend school
NIGGERLALIA DAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU ARE A 2 HEADED GOAT FROM HELL AND EVEN THE NPP DONT WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN IS FULL OF THE PUS THE DEVIL VOMITED THERE!!!! WHO ARE YOU KIDDING??? THE DEVIL IS YOUR MOTHER ...
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IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM DAN, WITH ME OR THE NDC, DIAL 1 800 EAT SHIT COS WE DONT GIVE ONE!!! GUESS WHAT DAN? THE MORE YOU WRITE THOSE STUPID COMMENTS, THE MORE I LAUGH COS I KNOW IT IS P A I N I N G YOU OOOHHHH!!!!! HA HA HA HA ...
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OH I SEE...THE DEVIL TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPELL NIGGER COS YOU'RE THE BLACKEST NIGGER OF THEM ALL!!! SORRY FOR YOU OOOHHHH!
HOW ON EARTH DO WE ALLOW THIS TAANI TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY
THIS TAANI HAS NO CLUE WHAT TO DO
In 1982 the PNDC came to power as a military junta and were quick to identify themselves as socialists. Rawlings second coming was a deceptive ploy and was indeed a huge curse on a nation still recovering from the brutalities ...
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IF ALL PEOPLE ARE LIKE YOU AND ME TODAYSO COMPETENT PEOPLE CAN TAKE OVER.
We need people like you Mr Agyemang, Ghana is collapsing, foreigners are taking our resources, things are tough. Well meaning Ghanians should come together to stamp out fraud, abuse of our resources, the general decline of ou ...
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The Dangquah/Busia Tradition Represented By The NPP
Today Have Never Conceded Election Defeat Since 1951-2012
The National Liberation Movement (NLM) with “Mate-meho” as its local name was launched in 1954 in Kumasi an ...
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kwame opoku agyeman,i can see u re one of the asante bastards who dont knw their left from right...kiss my ass..black asante monkey...
Good article and very informative.
Togbe setor you are evil Tell me which town in the Volta Region is better than a village in Akan area.If you support such a party then you are evil. It is only the devil that support bad things.That is why volta region is li ...
read full comment
Granted there is bad governance should that merit the supreme court ruling in favour of the NPP. Why not leave it to Ghanaians to decide that using the existing democratic channels. The SC’s decision will be based on the ev ...
read full comment
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