I have Nothing Against JJ Rawlings , Even Though He Alledgely Ordered For The Murder Of My Father - Kwabena Agyepong

Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, the son of Kwadwo Agyei Agyapong, one of three High Court judges who were abducted and murdered during the Third Republic, has stated that he has no problem with the late President Rawlings, who is alleged to have ordered his father's brutal murder.

Even though the incident was traumatic, especially considering the relationship between him and his father as the first male child, he says he must move on.

The NPP presidential candidate told Captain Smart on Maakye on May 10, 2023, that he has learned from history to avoid certain actions.

"I hold no grudge against him. Wherever he was, I engaged him in conversation. The last time Nana Konadu's sister, Haruna Atta's wife, passed away, she came to my home and we all attended. In life, as we progress, we must recover. There are things that did not go as planned, but we learn from history," he stated.

Three High Court judges, Kwadwo Adjei Agyapong, Poku Sarkodie, and Cecelia Koranteng-Addow, along with a retired Major of the Ghana Armed Forces, Samuel Acquah, were abducted and executed.

On the evening of June 30, 1982, had it not rained, their corpses, which had been set on fire, would have been reduced to ashes.

Each of the three judges had evaluated cases involving the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), an earlier military regime led by Jerry John Rawlings.

Poku Sarkodie, Cecelia Koranteng-Addow, and Kwadwo Adjei Agyepong, from left.

The military officer, Major Acquah, was implicated in the dismissal of Amartey Kwei, a member of the PNDC from Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC), for participating in a Rawlings-instigated demonstration.

The soldiers sentenced to death and executed for the crime claimed they were following state directives.

Mr. Rawlings and his National Security Advisor, Captain Kojo Tsikata, dissociated themselves vehemently from the atrocities.

Meanwhile, Sergeant Akata-Pore spoke from his British base.

Mr. Akata-Pore believed that much more would have been uncovered if "critical" individuals had been investigated.

Even though the former president appeared before the National Reconciliation Council (NRC), according to the former soldier, the killings will continue until specific inquiries are answered.

According to him, former president Rawlings held the majority of these answers because he knew more than anyone else.

"The Chairman (Rawlings) had a great deal to do with it, but he was not investigated. "How can the investigation be concluded if key players in the case have not been interviewed?" he questioned.