I DID NOT ORDER THE EXECUTION OF LT. GENERAL AFRIFA - J.J RAWLINGS
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- According to former Head of State Jerry John Rawlings, he did not order the execution of the retired military leader Lt Gen Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa but rather another General. He said in an interview with Kwaku Sakyi-Addo on Asaase Radio 99.5 fm.
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Your are doing good job . Thanks
Daddy God bless and may your soul rest in peace
who else can tell when they are being lied to?
We all have to try to do by God as he has the best and final say 🙏
Whether Rawlings killed Afrifa or not, Afrifa deserved to die at that point. His useless coup with kotoka in 1966 is the reason Ghana is still struggling. That very coup in 1966 shattered de whole vision of Nkrumah and Nkrumah truely died as a result.
Ghana’s economy today is worse than ever. We are indeed suffering in the hands of stomach politicians.
Did JJ overthrow elected president
@@kofiboat779 Yes, Hilla Limann
@@wojaffochicago6591 hilla Liman was not elected, Rawlings gave him the power and took it from him after 2 years
@Augustine Twumasi why de insult? Be polite.
Where did you have an education? Nkrumah was worst the of the British. Without Nkrumah, We would have been like Hong Kong. Was Nkrumah elected to govern Ghana or Africa? Look at Dubai. Did Dubai's leader fix Dubai or he fix his country? When are you guys going to have sense? It seems you have lost your sense of belonging.
Why can't he show remorse and just come clean. This man is still lying at this age.
What a repentant heart
He is a psycho and sociopath
You judge the man like you stood next to him in that era.
Burning a young woman for working in probity and accountability is a sign of lack of FEELING for humanity - tsika tsikaaa
According to Boakye Gyan , the A.F.R.C was a house cleaning exercise to stop anyone from staging a coup and so anyone who was involved in overthrow of a democracy was guilty, Rawlings came back to overthrow the 3rd Republic hence he's not confident to say the truth.
Remorse ??? lol. That’s what they taught you when you young.
Will a “remorse” really make YOU feel any better?
He did not mean he was generally naive of his actions or the way he handled things but of the reason Afrifa was added to the list..watch carefully and understand before jumping to conclusions please.
What are you even saying ?
Is the book out now?
YES, GOD KNOWS THE FACTS.
I think Mr Rawlings wished he could spill out everything we want to know, but he thinks and talks from the security point of view, considering the high office he has held.we should not expect him say everything and mention names,it might not be healthy to the public audience and might affect us internationally; some truths are better not told.
Edem Johnson .K.Mensah You’re foolish boy, you hear?
ambright mawunyo Rawlings is a criminal and you support him? Oh my goodness! I can’t believe the level of your madness and stupidity. People like you is the reason why Rawlings and his thugs were able to hi-jack and rule Ghana for almost 20 years.
@@wilsongyimah8290 What do you expect? He is defending his tribe. Ewe man for you.
@@otoyopanama1648 What about Akan people? Kuffour Jailed Ewes who died in Prison and he was very corrupt as a leader but Akan people always defend him and regarded him as the best president Ghana has ever had.
@@otoyopanama1648 Odonkpo
Something is not adding up
Great
At least if he has regretted what he did he will have appologise to the nation and help raise the children. Im a single mother so i know how hard it is to raise a children by your self. To loose a father you will never be the same. My friend father was among of the people j j killed and her mother struggled to take care of the children.
Afirifa too killed people when he overthrow Nkrumah
So please are you are Ghanaian real and why are you saying this, if you don't appreciate him Never say something search please
Please let us think.
@@gateincorporated972 I will never understand people like you, people who think like you and people who refuse to accept the truth. Were those people who died in Afrifa's coup tied up and shot?
I was alive during Jerry's coup and that was the worst time in Ghana. I saw it and experienced it. Universities were closed so people could go into rural areas to carry sacks of cocoa to the roadside. All for what?
Nothing.
Afrifa was a retired military man who had become a farmer. Jerry went and dragged him from his farm and shoot him like a dog.
And you praise this maniac?
Lord have mercy on you.
That guy never knows regret. You offend once or twice and say you regret, people would buy it. Not when you offend a hundred times. Never, and I repeat never believe anything from that guy's mouth.
This man was lying ....if the General remind you of someone and you didn't have him in mind,,the was no way you could include him .
He and his mafias included him
Then, we didn't know, but now,we know just a fraction of the whole story. However,my people,as the whole drama was a made up stuff,( survival game),it will be wise enough to temper justice with mercy.🤔🤔.
If Afrifa has a useless coup then Rawling had the same in the 1981 , Afrifa was killed becuase of his involvement in overthrowing a democratic elected government, and the penalty for it is to suffer death, which Mr Rawlings did the same , Ghanaian have been so quiet allowing this constitutional criminal to walk free as hero
Thank you
Wow!!!
it shows he was misled by the survivor general, and his regret at the death of General Afrifa,so regrettable he said I won't comment. I find jjRawlings as a very out spoken person who should have gotten hold of that troublemaker and surviving general.
Hmm...some ppl are untouchable even when u are the head of State. They are the pawns n knights of uncle Tom who is watching you closely from the embassies to decide if u ready deserve that loan or not.
Hard to believe. Kweku : Do you regret it?
Rawlings : No comment now.
One would definitely regret doing something he was forced to do against his conviction.
Never regret anything in life for everything is lesson and life it self is a teacher
After x YEARS
He may regret it at that very time but played a lot of after the incident scenarios, consequences n effects..n had to do som explanation here n there....so he prefers not to comment..for now. There are certain questions u just cannot say yes or No..lol..what a world he found himself in as a young officer being manipulated by many bcos he had good intentions for his country.
Military men take orders.... Regret would have been a sure feeling if it was his own choice, and as at then, choosing not to take orders mean your own execution..
Stop talking you know nothing
These past stories are educative though but it takes our nation backward and stir strifes in people's hearts
Troubled times in our dark history.
The most deranged in our society thought they were best suited to rule Ghana.
Waiting for JJs book
Now you have the chance to tell Mr Afrifa yourself
Eeeeiii
JJ Rawlings used an interesting word here, he said he was naive then. I have come to forgive this man because of Jehovah God
Yes, and I believe if it was today, he would have done things differently rather than kill those people.
just like Dr. Ernesto cheguevarra Cubans will never forgive him,he executed hundred of cuban children whom he deemed traitors of the revolution.
You know absolutely nothing about Ernesto Che. Please learn to keep your mouth shut.
He was a bad man, real evil man
Naive he didn’t know what he was doing just looking for power ….enviius and looking for revenge
Massa that was a military regime so as a leader you always have to watch your back and eliminate your enemies even if that enemy happens to be your child who is becoming power hungry. One can not tell me Afrifa's hands are clean. They were into killing and power grabbing business.
You are not related to Afrifa. Stop that nonsense
Khalifah Alhaji .....you made a very good point every one's was on the Edge about Power....its Either kill or be killed not even your second in Command u can't trust ....
Afrifa was not part of the government that was overthrown. As a matter of fact, he hated them for clinging to power for too long. Do you know Acheampong locked up Afrifa? Ankrah was the leader of the coup that overthrew Nkrumah but no one touched him.
We are humans on this planet for every shot period we can not judge anyone, but when the comes, we you find the creator.
That book was never to be sadly.
So what's the point!
This is my reason why the NDC's shouldn't feel sorry for the narration of that party.
The wickedness that birth the party still exists.
It's leader less, in discipline and thoughtless, the explanation of JJR is very hurtful to stomach, my prayer is that their death isn't in vain.
Thankfully Ghanaians are seeing the light as THE Darkness of tribalism that covers our regions is gradually being rolled back by the 2020 elections.
We are not out of the woods yet but by the GRACE OF GOD WE WILL OVERCOME THAT DARKNESS.
Kwasia
@@kimpshaytv2361 Ofui. Who is kwasea
These chaps arrogated to themselves the right to play God with other people's lives - to be the be-it-all and know-it-all in the country. They took it upon themselves to be the master brains - the people who knew and understood what the problems of this country were - people who knew who were responsible for creating the problems - they told themselves they knew how to fix the problems - they decided who had to be killed to atone for "sufferings" of the people etc. Now they killed people who even they describe as "good people" - so why did the good people have to die? One needs to ask who and how the initial list of those to be executed was prepared? Was it not just a list compiled by the very one who allegedly handed it in to whomsoever? What was the crime of those people? How did their death benefit the people of this country? Was it not just so those who staged the coup could save their own asses? What does it mean to say General Afrifa was being provocative? Exactly what did Afrifa do? The fact is these guys had arrogated to themselves the position of the be-it-all-and know-it-all for and on behalf of the people Ghana when in actual fact they were just seeking to create opportunities for themselves. In the process they murdered lots of people for which they fail to show any remorse. In the process they also enriched themselves but they think that's all very well. It's amazing how people can get away with murder (both literally and figuratively) in this country. But this is a life in which what goes round surely comes around - we must not forget that.
Exactly..who compiled the first list? who is this general you keep talking about? after all these years you are still lying, name the names if you want us to believe you. He just wants us to read his book, thinking he is going to name this general...does not regret it...wow..no comment...you feel justified for what you did. Just my 2cents folks..much love and Lord Bless Our Dear Country Ghana. Hakuna Matata
Will the 2 of you shut up there? I guess your parents were the criminals profiting from over pricing and thievery back then.
Ain’t nobody reading that long behind book you just wrote.
Critical questions and analogies.
@zatara1997, he was referring to Brigadier Mensah Nunoo.
See dis coward always running away from de truth
Now I understand why Tony Aidoo accused General Joshua Hamidu of being behind the killing of General Afrifa.
They were scared of him 1000x
How was he murdered...
I don't know I don't know = means something
i got to know it was him from Capt. Nyaho Tamakloe's interview with Kafui Danku
They even had a list of names of those they wanted to execute. 😥
But he was the leader of the AFRC?!! The buck stops at his doorstep. Everything rises and falls on leadership so what is this excuse about???
Oh JJ, looking at the state of the country today 2024, you are truly missed. GOD knows best for this country.
He was a criminal, killed many good people
I think age has catch Mr Rawlings and anyone who’s parents were not killed will take it easy. I believe if Papa J is in a civilised country he and associates would have been tried in court by this time.
Don't forget that it is the same so called "civilized countries" who are the architects coordinating the coups/assassination happening all across Africa & the US & Mid East. It is their MO, the great CIA, Mi5, the secret service are all part of the KKK. They did to Patrick Lumumba, Sir Abubaka Tafawa Bellewa, Malcolm X, Martin LK Jnr, Gaddafi, Saddam Hussain, just to name a few. They should repent of their evil ways b4 prosecuting any African leader, past or present. The ways of the west can never be our template, they are savages & are not fit to be the one who sets the standard. It's sacrilegious as an African.
Exactly
which civilised country are you talking about. Do you have any idea what these so called westerners do?
Toli champion. He purged the military of its Akan Elite and threw totally innocent Feli and Utuka into the mix to even things out.
Why blame Hamidu??? You were in it together.
Afrifa had to die... But Rawlings didn't do it and didn't have a hand in it. He knows who did but can't say for some reason. The wise sees. God also loves JJ. GreyJay Rawlings
How would one accept crimes he didn’t commit and make cover ups. If he was arranged before a court, will he keep mute and go to jail for something he didn’t do? I can see you one on of those who elate this man when he’s in town. If any of your relatives were among those he executed, you wouldn’t be saying this
@@priscillaboadu166 some were sacrificial lambs priscy... Me de3 i love Jerry paa o. He stands up for Gh anytime. That's what matters to me.... Not those who died for their selfish interests.
Afterall he is obroni.... he can do no wrong right....It was under his fucking watch.... I do not cry over the death of Afrifa but rawlings should have been hanged... they stole more than the people they came to kill...... what happened to all the GNTCs and Ghanacan and its lands... give us a fucking break... God loves rawlings obviously because he had european blood and God hates us because we are african right?
@@priscillaboadu166 You don’t understand how the military works. It’s more of a reconditioning of your mind. No matter what you have your colleagues back. It is the reason retired soldiers find it difficult working with civilians. I would die alone than sacrifice my troop.
Why did he have to die? He was not even a member of the SMC. He hated those guys. Acheampong locked him up because he opposed these guys.
unfortunately these are the consequences of coup d'etat's kill or be killed. I do understand the grievances of the families, but they had to take out their immediate and future threats . Sad, but that is just the reality of the situation.
You have made a very simple statement, but very definitive!
Devoid of emotions and sensations. You have my RESPECT
It is easier said than that, if your was killed liked that you would not have made this comment.
theres no excuse for murder
Why wasn't Rawlings tried for same offense he killed others for?
Coup is not a good thing and I wish is not repeated in Ghana again.
Rawlings said: "I hope you will be alive to read [my] book". Meaning: he was not writing any book, so even if the reporter lived forever, he would see no such book to read. General Ojukwu made a similar promise to us when he was alive, he even boasted that his book on Biafra was over 50% done, yet over a decade since his death, the truth is that he wrote no book. It is really disappointing because their legacies will remain shrouded in gossips, innuendos, rumors, and second guessing forever, even though they could have avoided such situations by writing their memoirs. Even if General Afrifa did what Rawlings ascribed to the unnamed dubious General, it didn't deserve recrimination from the government because the donated money was not state fund. But for Rawlings' naivety as a young man then, I would have considered his acquiescence to Afrifa's execution to cowardice and parochialism.
Wow
Some of you refused to read, listen and do research before passing judgment or jumping to conclusions. Little history. When the PNDC took over after the coup the person who control the government was Boakye Gyan, note Rawlings's position was just ceremonial and so ask yourself who then calls the shots?
LIES!!...Boakye Djan was NEVER part of PNDC but rather AFRC.
I would always cuddle him if he was my dad ..
Idi had people who cuddled
Its interesting that Kwaku Sakyi Addo got a Rawlings interview. Rawlings hated him in the 90s
Eeeeiii saaa ??
Oh I see a bit of regret for killing Gen. Afrifa atleast... I forgive u... Rawlings.. Because I really didn't understand his inclusion in the list because he was clearer a good person... Now who is this person who gave him those advises..he was naive and didn't know much about politics and looked up to this General... I personally feel so sad about General Afrifa's fate.. Are General Afrifa's children still living... There should be a book written about this man... I wanna more about him
He killed people who tried to kill him when he got the power that’s human nature even thou I admire his personality I don’t agree with all his deeds.Rest Well Champ
He is going to meet all the souls he wasted, evil bastard.
Innocent young men who haves to die to save the lives of many???How do we explain this?
He actually mentioned tribe.....mmmmm trouble is he was the spokesman not leader of AFRC so why was he going round with the list ?? Other members of the AFRC say he went to people of a certain tribe who approved the names and added some including K Tsikata and Arnold Quinoo. One day, the truth will come out
So he had the list .!!!!!!
You could easily know, when one is lying. And here Rawlings is giving the interviewer a lot of lies and inconsistency.
A real Compulsive lier
General Acheampong had corrupted some fine officers, and pushed some good ones out, but l believed he never gave any of the state own factories to his wife, REST WELL LIEUTENANT
Hmmmmmmm
Amazing.
He isn't sating anything reasonable
Rawlings was a bad leader...
He has done more bad than good
Worse things...
All an act
A man who’s friend is Riad ,he’s just making it up as he goes on
Brave
The guy just confessed. I was 22yrs and lived around Kotobabi police station with some military personnel. I've been out for 35 years. IT HURTS. Slapped and kicked was my personal experience.
Is he talking about Boakye Gyan?
No during that time Boakye Gyan wasn't a General he was a major
He is Referring to GENERAL JOSHUA HAMIDU he was that general who give the order to
Execute
I have a lot of disdain for the CIA engineered overthrow of Nkrumah especially the architects and leaders of the coup ... but just like U have the Akyem mafia, the Sogakope mafia needed Afrifa assassinated to compensate for the death of their hero Kotoka... period... Rawlings later revealed Kotoka to be his hero.... enough said... Question why was Gbedemah allowed to live virtually free and participate in political affairs of Ghana when the rest of the CPP leadership was barred.... why was Harley not assassinated.... all thanks to the micronationalists of the Sogakope mafia.... U see just like Asantes typically matemeho, secessionists when things do not go their away .. there is a group who cannot have Togo to rule so dearly wreck havoc in Ghana unless they rule.... Eyadema and his tribesmen/ilk have sewn up Togo so Ghana has to suffer for that..
Kojo Tsikata, Arnold Quinoo et al
It says evn if u kill me u still gonna follow me also evn if it's not today!
Did the country get better after their death or did his tenure make things better?
WHY IS THIS RAWLINGS TALKING ABOUT HIS KILLINGS LIKE HE IS IN THE BAR
He is FEARFUL
How?
He's dead now
Kingsley
I know this man will write down the truth and I believe it will be revealed years after his death
Who was the general he was he talking about?
GENERAL JOSHUA HAMIDU
He give that Order....
To get rid of Afrifa
@@dogrice1720hmmmm
The last question was the clincher: first, a very long pause, then, without remorse, no comments yet...contradicting the lies he was trying to sell
By watching this interview i felt cooled by J J's statement on Gen Afrifa. I had read a lot about the Ghanian political antecedents from 1966 to date but i had never been puzzled as now. How could someone snipped the life of a fellow human simply because another person want it that way. Life is sacred. In any case, he had summed it all by saying that he was naive and if i may add, not having the age advantage.
He is a scared person
It makes sense in the context of politics in Africa. My native Guinea un the late president Sékou Toure, it was the same stuff. Innocent people were murdered simply because they were accused of something by other entities to just get rid of them. Pathetic and sad state of Africa. C’est absolument abominable!
He could not even accept responsibility for his action.
Very wicked and evil man… where is he now 👌🏽 what goes around comes around
So who's this general Rawlings is talking about?
General Hamidu, that dog.
General Blakey Gyan
@@dearmejoel Boakye Gyan was never a General. If you don't know just shut up.
Boakye Gyan wasn't a General During that time he was A Major
@@maishadigital8410
Ok
I did no wrong, everybody else did.
I know Col Afrifa very well. He was not a friend of mine mine. Jerry Rawlings was a Coward. But nobody was brave enough to kill him. I like Kojo CHIKATA a brave
How will you not regret killing of innocent man, that is act alone contracdict the picture he is trying to paint himself.
Can't answer simple questions Can't look at the interviewer in the face. And this man wants to be seen as a hero. Even a 2 year old would know he is lying
This guy is a fool
So what?
He is a hero in the eye's many Ghanaians and most around the world.do u know the meaning of revolution? They killed the corrupt people n how i wish the revolution is back in this current situation in Ghana.God bless papa J
@@mohammedibnomar9340 overthrowing a democratically elected government government and killing and/or confiscating properties of innocent civilians equal to revolution? Watch the video and see if the man you praise so much said anything sensible or if he gave a single good reason why he did the things that he did
@@Atlas24gh he did what he did to save Ghana that time.did u. Just democratically elected government?it can be democratic but when it's corrupt someone has to come in.those so call democratic elected government kill more people than revolution.they steal the resources n let poverty kill people.they deserve it.kill all corrupt elected officials
I think he got some really bad advices from people around him... He looks likes he was genuinely deep down a good person
General Hamidu said this in 2001 that the only people vehemently opposed to the killings were actually he himself and Flt Lft JJ Rawlingy.
Those who kill judges were never rouges
If he was not sure he does not go to jail.
Way he tell stories = sign he makes up going on
After all this senseless killings this is where we are now. Ao Ghana.
You are more guilt than them
"THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH"SO JAH SAY FROM THE KORAN,BIBLE&AKOMFO CHRONICLES IN AFRICA SPIRITUALILTY..
May this Commander, (Kwamenia) J J Rawlings), be at peace with God, he wasn't a materialistic, Soul, But a "Caeser" Commander who stood for a Country, Gold Coast, now Sahara Ghana. And We're not Carribbean or Jamaican s . RIP, Commander, Sackey Musa Adrus, ACC RA only family
Jerry Rawlings wasn’t even a commander but a lieutenant. Such a evil man won’t go to heaven. Heaven is for righteous people not executioner like him. He will account for all the souls of all the people he killed.
He didn't answer anything.
These western intelligence are seriously been our woes. They keep undermining progress in Africa.
Bad man 😂
I don't believe him he said let him go
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Rest In Peace ✌️ legend. You will forever be missed
Rest In Peace, Gen., AAA Afrifa.
May he rot in hell!
@@lawrencetarprah1181 exactly,,,,,
i love him.. so much..but i think he hasnt been sincere and honest on this topic...i feel something is off
#even if he didnt do it..he knows them that did it
Killing innocent people.
He Is lying.during that time . RAWLINGS Saying is Final
Weed smoker students fantasied on doing something outrageous in the near future by joining the army.
THE TRUE POLITICAL MESSIAH OF AFRICA...THE FATHER MODERN AFRICA DEMOCRACY...CHAIRMAN RAWLINGS...WE SHALL MEET IN HEAVEN....GREAT SOUL
Which heaven are you referring to? He is going to face his demons
Rulers of darkness!! There is no justification of the killings. Once we live and after that Judgement!!
why all these again? The so called aggrieved were compensated with our tax payers money through a reconciliation commission set up by Kufour. this is causing financial loss to the state. please we are tired of this. give us a break!
the fact that Rawlings died in old age, naturally and not by the sword as some cursed him, tells me God backed him.The majority of Ghanaians have Rawlings as their Hero! We will never forget him! Sleep sound my dearest Hero!
Well not all old aged means you are blessed, even Idi Amen lived to be 78 years and he died of natural cause. After all the bible also says the godly often die before their time, meaning good people die young. When he ( Rawlings) killed those people he never thought his end too will come. In this life everything that has a beginning has an end.
i dont know why am wasting my data if an elderly man like this keep lieng , like a teenager
He was privy to the plan to kill, period.This are the characters who destroyed the image of revered military institution of Ghana.Sheer hatred, bigotry, envy, jealousy, pettiness, lawlessness, unpatriotic behaviours,we are the same beneficiaries of what we sowed on that fateful June 4th 1979,for the fathers iniquities shall be visited on their children, and, childrens iniquities shall be visited on their fathers,the tribe that hates everyone successful in life cannot offer any good to generations,the same tribes take delight in coup d'etat and that guarantees them existence as part of the country Ghana.Let's stop disgraceful and uncultured acts of insulting youth who are the future of the nation Ghana.
He said Africa was not part of the list and no one had in mind...this in other words means he regretted it...but when asked if he regretted it he said no comment yet...it doesn’t add up
Remember. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. Saying no comment was a smart move.
There is more for him to say....where is that bk of his?
The Man is a Compulsive lier...
He orders the killing he said in others interviews if he didn't get rid of them ghana wouldn't move forward ....
It seems like he wants to vomit the wicked he has swallowed . For twenty years IN POWER
Like Capt Baah Acheamfour stated in his interview with Raymond Acquah, so many frivolous reasons has been given by Rawlings for the execution of Afrifa. The coup of Rawlings and his squad were out of greediness and little tone of patriotism.
The soldiers of 1966 coup need to be punished. In America and in Europe, the soldiers will face the same capital punishment for betraying their own country to the worst enemies the CIA and European leaders of Ghana and Africa. So, I now understand that Rawlings did the right thing. Why should small number of soldiers and their families enjoy life for selling out Ghana and millions of people, children and families suffer hardship. The soldiers were very wrong and did it for their own personal Selfish interests Gains and not for the benefit of the millions of people in Ghana. What goes round comes round. May President Nkrumah rest in Peace and so to Rawlings.