There's no argument about the fact that, aside Kwame Nkrumah, Gen Acheampong added greatly to Ghana's infrastructure. In just 6 years. Rawlings had 19 years.
Can you believe yourself...template minds... History lessons should be written on billboard instead of library material to be researched... Complex people with inferior
Those were some of the darkest days in Ghana’s history. What a senseless and ruthless act. I recall countless businesses closing down in my city to escape the mayhems leaving their families behind. Military attacking and arresting civilians in their homes while repeatedly slapping them in their face. I cannot imagine the psychological impact and trauma of the victims families.
@tristan583 exactly! People spewing nonsense from today perspective are just foolish. I was in Accra on vacation from Paris where l was a young Guinean student. I know what l saw that year.
According to the stories and history those criminal executions were done in the name of corruption activities. Every story of accusation of corruption till date has not been proven. It is just the behavior of Ghanaians. Always accusing people of some form of wrong doing without any proven fact. We have ended up killing all our good leaders for nothing. It is a sad behavior. And today we have same remnants and follower of Rawling doing the same things. God save Ghana.
Never knew people could type cluelessly and foolishly this way. What do you know bout those killings and it's impact in Ghana?. You folks from other African countries ve done worst under the normal logic. Rawlings is dead and we re still back to where we were before. Corruption is at it's highest peak at the moment.
@@huzaifmusah5086 , I guess you don’t read. And were born during those years or did anyone tell you what was going on then and have you had the opportunity to check history at all.
You foolishly accept lies and assumed it's the truth without findings out if that is true. You accept it to be so because that is what you want to hear, you are those trying hard to destroy what Rawlings corrected
Rawlings was behaving like a trigger happy kid. All the generals that he killed had an opportunity to kill him too during his prison days but spared his head. Well, now that they are all dead, only God will judge everybody.
The didn't spare his life. 4th June was the date Rawlings was to be executed. But Major Boakye and others staged an uprising and removed General Akufo.
The execution was the darkest moment in the history of our nation Ghana. Rawlings was later to preside over one of the most corrupt government in the history of Ghana and many innocent civilians were abducted from their homes and murdered while others also disappeared under strange circumstances.Ghana became a lawless nation but many thanks to President Kuffour who came to restore normalcy and the rule of law.
By what criteria did you come to that conclusion? You can say all that but, the Almighty God knows that Rawlings was our saviour in that era. Akuffo Addo government is doing very well now.
God will answer you for this lie.This is the man who put Ghana on the rail to where it is today. I am very certain you or your relatives.must have been beneficiary of the rot Ghana passed through
Africans weeping till date due to hate, tribalism,heartlessness and personal glory. May God give change of mind, hearts and leaders to lead with empathy without discreminstion.
We were taught to hate ourselves by the Caucasian education systems all over Afrika. Look at Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. Stop using this racist word, called tribalism.
Even though Rawlings spent 19yrs in power, he couldn't do more than what Acheampong did in just 6 yrs and Acheampong freed us of all foreign dept. Aww tribalism, greed and envy has always been our problem. Rest well General
Do you know they keep the money out of Africa? They keep it in overseas banks! Go and see what Sani Abacha did! Over 300 million overseas we know off .
It doesn’t take rocket-science to understand this. Some gullible Ghanaians will say he was doing it for the betterment of Ghana and its indigenes, but the clear answer is he did those heinous atrocities because he was paranoid and felt that those Generals must go before he goes. What the heck is “He was executed because he was too close to power”?? How psychotic must you be to end another person’s life for this reason.
Notice how all he people executed studied in united Kingdom? This goes to show that most of the millitary leaders before him were all power hungry puppets of the UK and protégés' of the Ashanti kingdom:EMMAMUEL KWESI KOTOKA was no defferent!! the NPP hail KOTOKA because brought about the downfall OSAGYEFO the only one leader who was the son of Ghana but not the son of Ashanti!
He is resting well!!!!! Because he saved Ghana from the evil that he could. In just a few years after his death look at Ghana? Some people don’t even have water because of galamsey
Point of Correction ,it was never signed or a date issued for firing squad of Rawlings and his thugs. My late Mother's Cousin Colonel Enninful was the Chair of the trial of Rawlings. He Colonel Enninful and his wife were murdered by thugs of Rawlings and Boakye Djan at dawn of June 4 1979. At the burial of Colonel Enninful at the Military Cemetary at Osu,Accra,Ghana my Mother never shook hands with Rawlings.
The Colonel and his wife were murder in their home at the breakfast table...JJ Rawlings is a Compulsive lier a murderer a Con man who became Rich in the End living a full life..his children's now living in paradise. unlike the senior military officers children's who are fatherless still in pain
Thanks for the enlightening video...Power is the one thing humans and even animals find very hard to share...Rawlings knew it was either himself to go or the top military generals...who went to military school together.But I am not supporting his actions,just stating the bitter complex truth of power!
History that most of the youth aren't aware. The sacrifices that both fallen military personnel and civilians made not by their will. No one should die through execution because of corruption. I nearly got shot as a civilian through no fault of mine. God's Grace was on me, and he spared my life. Young ones, please humble yourselves and feel privileged that you are sitting on shoulders that saddly died during the revolution. You see how every November across Europe and America, those who fell during the world wars are remembered. Let us remember those who fell during the revolution and keep the snide comments out.
Some of these men had retired and living peaceful civilian lives but blood thirsty power drunk Efo wouldn’t rest until they were all dead. He blamed the killings on the people of Ghana saying “they were crying for blood” when in fact, he ordered the arrests and had the power to pardon them after their trial as the military ruler. This is in addition to the 3 judges he murdered for no reason other than doing their job. Today his family live in luxury with stolen money hidden away in Swiss banks while still influencing Ghana’s political life. This history is necessary for those born yesterday who still glorify his tenure because they are too young to realise the terror and havoc he scattered across Ghana. He died without pain but his maker is surely waiting for him.
Very good comment... JJ Rawlings become a very Rich man his children's living in paradise today unlike the Seniors military Officer's Children's who are fatherless still in pain
Ask them again! A national traitor and minion of imperialist forces is now being whitewashed as a hero because they think they can rewrite history to suit their agenda
@@welbeckobeng4277 Evil AFRIFA and the matemeho who introduced coups and cold-blooded k1llings to Ghana, for short-sighted ambitions, to destroys Africas n the blackmans dreams!
So there's no corruption in that 🇬🇭 anymore ?? Youth should run away from that country because no single justice has been made since then ¿ injustice ? Wake up and jail some of these corrupt leaders from now ?
He Rawlings himself was as guilty of corruption as those he killed. He was just a blood thirsty man whose hands are stained with the blood of a lot of people. May their blood continue to speak against him.
My parents knew all the 3 Former Heads of State Of #Ghana and the 5 Generals murdered. My Late Father knew Rawlings as a boy ..my late father connected General Acheampong to his Wife Faustina ...
A good report but some portions are inaccurate. Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah never got to Hanoi (Vietnam). The coup took place when he stopped over in China. He flew from there to Guinea.
If such happens in Nigeria the tribal card will be played and everything will be turned into a tribal war and those who are trying to make positive changes will be made scape goats 😢
Friend, it's always tribal in the undertones. It's not just Ghana or Nigeria. Even in so-called developed Europe. Look at the genocides and ethnic cleansing of Muslim Bosniacs in the Yugoslavian war. Rawlings fought corruption or so he claimed but there were massive tribal undertones in his approach and persecution targets.
Point of correction: Hold on right there.. AFRC was the name of the game, and Jerry John was the chairman. And the spokes person was Boakye Gyan. The rank and file wanted to kill all the senior military officers. Jerry John put his foot down in all cases it was the same people that took him out the guard room to become the chairman of the council.
Forgetting our history or not knowing it makes us repeat it - all the mistakes, the horrors, the hatred, the brutalities, the murders, the destructions, etc. Keep reminding us of it. We need it to be humble and wise.
The name Rawlings for me means greatness. Plain and simple. These are the kinds of people (leaders) obstructing and undermining Africa to the point we keep crying "our leaders our leaders ". Rawlings showed incredible bravery and purpose to stage a coup. Followed it up with vision and a work ethic to navigate Ghana towards the state it is today. He's kind of unique in Africa, a case study for a military man. By the way, those generals were not executed by Rawlings. Sorry to inform you but it was a popular uprising and the people demanded their heads. Even Afrifa predicted this in a letter to Acheampong.
Rawlings was corrupt more than the people he accused them of being corrupt. He was a murderer. May these people blood stain the life of his children and all of his decendance. Why will he go and arrest Generals who had resigned and minding their business. He was scared of them because he was a coward.
The people wanted a change, Rawlings led a coup to bring that change. He's duly credited. The people call for the heads of some "corrupt" officials. Rawlings once again leads that execution. Conclusion: Rawlings didn't kill them, it was the people. However Rawlings made the coup, not the people, even though the people called for the change. How's this selective character whitewashing even sensible?
Very wrong, he had already married no less than an Ashanti, Konadu. Joy Amedume and Utuka, Felli were sacrificed and thrown into the pot for that very reason only to satisfy the Akans.
@emmanueldogah2649 He killed more Akans than any other tribe. Note, he didn't kill any retired army officer of any tribe . There was special squad he formed within the army, who kidnapped and killed many prominent Akans.
The corruption returned because Rawlings was not a dictator. If he had remained in power Ghana would of become the greatest country in Africa. In my view this must be done throughout black Africa. Those three brothers in west Africa are playing with fire. If they continue to be passive against corrupt politicians military personnel and Sahel terrorist. I was 17 years then l am 74 now.
@@ejikemeonuoha3272 good question do like l do research your question. What l can say is that the political and military corruption was very disgraceful why Ghana was in poverty. Listen to his speeches you will decide.
How is it that a figure who thrived on just simply murdering his political rivals celebrated? Just barbaric strongman tactics to sieze power with a very weak political ideology behind it seems to be the norm in west africa. As a South African I always think that since these countries got their independence decades before we did in 94 they should have been the model to follow for us but it is the other way around and they are too proud to recognize that their suffering is self inflicted. We've had 5 presidents since 94, none of them had to stage a coupe and rule through fear by eliminating all opponents. No civil war since independence and one of the strongest economies in the continent. Simple, we debate and vote!
Eventually, the igbos fought a war. Why fight the war against the Igbos when you all know that the Igbos will not be given any more opportunity to be leaders in Nigeria. It was still Awolowo who betrayed the Igbos during the civil war, the same Awolowo asked the Nigerian govt to give only £20 to every returnee from Biafra to any part of the country. We can see where Nigeria is today.
Our path and the path of SA are very different but yes, I wish WA countries were able to manage their independence well so that SA could get inspiration.
My friend from South Africa,kindly talk about the Xenophobic attacks too.When Apartheid isolated you,we prayed,sang songs, added our voices to the ills of segregation.Now you have turned against your black brothers with Xenophobia.Xenophobia would isolate you again as Apartheid did unless u desist from it.SA is a coloured,white,black or Indian country depending on whom you ask. Just look at your flag even,the segregation is in there,just look carefully.
@@jaytettehquarshie1522 If SA people were truly xenophobic just for the sake of it as you're told, there wouldn't be so many west african immigrants living here and more coming in every year mostly illegally. That's not an insult to west africans it's just the truth and reality. Illegal immigration frustrates even 1st world countries my friend and have you ever considered the genuine concerns of South africans on this matter? Go to any country and disobey their laws then see if they'll like that
@@Azikhale_ Your argument does not mean that xenophobia is not rampant in SA. Just because there were still many Jews in Germany in 1942 does not mean the nazis were not there. I saw on a documentary a SA woman crying and saying how much she hated African immigrants. It made me sick. It seems like the hatred is more towards their African brothers and sisters more than Europeans, Indians and Asians. Listen fellow African, if you need to find refuge and prosper in a foreign country here in Africa, come to West Africa. This continent is for all of us. We’ll share it with you! Actually, you host countries will gain more from you. ✌🏾
The Rawlings execution of the generals including three former military heads of state is difficult to justify solely on the grounds of corruption if those generals themselves had not, in addition to corruption, caused the death of people. However, Rawlings brought political and economic sanity back to Ghana after his draconian rule. It could be that a country like Nigeria also needs Rawlings-style draconian rule to restore sanity.
After so many years, the bloodshed , executions, destruction of civil society, the fear and division, all Ghanaians got is nothing. There were worse corruption in Rawlings administration than any other administration since independence. I know what I'm talking about because I live in it. Rawlings had no vision for Ghana. He's all talk.
Rawlings was the person that brought corruption to it bearest minimum in today. Thou corruption is still going on in Ghana, this cannot be compared with what is going on in Nigeria.
Ghana today is worse after Rawlings and he's part of the problem, you see no man is a judge over another man. Only God has the right judge his creation
Thank you very much for this video and your comments! I'm togolese and and those events took place during my childhood. I know Teshie Military Range near the Atlantic Ocean. it is always a moment of contemplation when you make a visit to this place of execution. Those families should be vey grateful to Président Kuffor for the reburial of those relatives and they are lucky! In republic of Congo Brazza, until today the remains of President Marien Ngouabi cannot be found
Rawlings was a dangerous wicket person Someone spare his life and had no compassion to imprison those Generals for their Children to visit them I wish Nana Konadu didn’t become his wife I can’t forgive him because of the execution He has no legacy to remember except his execution
Victorlionelnazaire: I agreed with you 100%. But, such policy might be good in Western World. Take Nigeria for example, didn’t Nigeria have higher position as the corrupt country in the world?? Why, both corrupted (thieves) politicians and military heads are still ruling the country for the past 50 years. How about other African Countries that corruption was the the cause of their trickle down economy?? Has other African countries changed for progress since 1960 when each of them became independent from colonial masters????
Rawlings was brutal and wicked. I will never accept or agree with him and his methods. Till date corruption thrives unabated in Ghana. If he had a good ground to charge them, he should have done it properly, seize their loots and properties and jailed them upon conviction. He was wrong then and till today he still wrong.
But sir, didn’t these same soldiers, also execute people? Including other military personal, whom mostly attempted coup themselves? Infact, was Rawlings not one of the military men, dating around almost a decade after this very press conference, whom had been captured and improved awaiting death row, because of attempted BLOODLESS coup? Sometimes let’s be real, or let’s just get our facts right Chaley. JJ was no saint but these guys werent either. Infact, they peers the pace setters in planting the idea of a coup in the heads of other soldiers to come.
Remember that it was Afrifa who introduced Coup to Ghana. He ordered the execution of three Leutenants who were sent by he Afirifa to kill Kotoka to cover his evil deeds .Names of the three Leutenants are 1. Samuel Arthur 2. Moses Yeboah 3. Osei Poku .
this a complete falsehood, infact per account Lt Arthur didnt not even inform his co coup makers about the making that coup, Afrifa had nothing to do with the killing of Kotoka, they were very good friends and it was told he wept bitterly over the lost of his dear friend KOTOKA, and it was one of reason the Accra airport was renamed Kotoka international airport. Please research well ..
That is the lie that was told to create Ewe disaffection for Asantes. It was a political ploy. Acheampong, an Asanteman overthrew the administration of the foremost Asante scholar of the day - Kofi Abrefa.
Very informative! Great job!!! And please take note...for future projects: 1. Boakye is pronounced /Boh-ah-chee/. 2. The picture displayed as Utuka is actually Lt. Gen. Acheampong 3. Acheampong is pronounced /Ah-Chee-Am-Pong/. I understand in some parts of Nigeria, "P" is pronounced specially, like in the name Modupe. It is not like that in this case. 4. Akwasi is pronounced /Ah-Kway-See/. Again, without the characteristic "Sh" pronunciation applied to certain names in parts of Nigeria.
Thank you, Nana. One of these days I will come to Ghana on vacation and I am sure that if I stay there for one month, I will master the pronunciation of the names. Pardon me for now. Thanks for your commendation and for your gentle corrections.
@@backinhistory9 This documentary is actually good! I didn't know certain things about Col. Felli till I watched it now. I know a lot about Nigerian history thanks to your channel. Keep them coming! I for one learn a lot from it! Kudos!!!
Ghana was adrift with happy-go-lucky military bandits until Rawlings came... all stepping up to dish themselves healthy meals at the buffet on display... their relatives enjoyed so much wealth, and their voices of objection to his method of eliminating the corrupt bandits can still be heard till this day. They need to wake to the reality that for them, the party is long over. Move on!
@kwabenaobatwani4246 Ghana is like Nigeria in many ways... 20 years back or forward makes absolutely no difference... it's five steps forwards and eleven backwards -till the end of their time
@@Ena-kc5fx The sad part is Rawlings executed the group who were the least corrupt. Real corruption started from Rawlings administration till now. I have lived through all these administrations Rawlings regime was most corrupt since the birth of Ghana.
@kwabenaobatwani4246 ..in the 70's Ghanaians trooped to Nigeria, where am from, in droves...leading to the infamous 'Ghana must Go' slogan.... was it Rawlings who brought that plight upon Ghanaians??? Look into your history. Are you of the Gen-z?
@@Ena-kc5fx I don't know what plight you're talking about but my point is Rawlings did more harm to Ghana than good from analytical point of view. He's long in words and short in action. He had no vision. He played tribal game not only in the military but in the entire nation
That change was very necessary. If you were in Ghana at that time you will know or witness the level of corruption that was going in Ghana in those years. During those years,millions of Ghanaians left the country in such of basic need.
Rawlings killed these great men out of hatred..Corruption is even worse in Ghana..May their beautiful souls rest in perfect peace with the Almighty God🙏🙏🙏
Horrible.Too much blood shed.How do you reconcile that with the abolishing of the death sentence in many countries.You kill as penalty for corruption?! My foot The blood shed negates any said achievements made by Rawlings.
Even there's no significant achievements considering all the disruption and bloodshed . Rawlings government was the most corrupt administration. He's naive and incompetent.
From this I can see that Rawlings was the real criminal....Killed all his opponents and people who could stand his way.Calling even people who had left office through 🗳️ ballots.,on retirement doing farming,someone who had won parliament ary elections!..Yet he had his name written on white sheet...Where is the world heading!...
Not only Jerry Rawlings of Ghana. You also have Samuel Doe of Liberia, and a few other past Head of States of other African countries. Only the Almighty God is the ultimate judge of each one of us. Peace 🕊️✌️ and God bless 🙏...
@@Chukwudi-ze6li, You see, you're not a Ghanaian, but you're speaking like a Ghanaian who witnessed that era of our history.Even though very young then,I witnessed all that happened.For your education, Rawlings was the reason why Ghana is where we are now. There's no leader in the entire Africa continent currently who can be compared to Jerry Rawlings. We Ghanaians liked what's he did for us and no amount of misinformation can change that.
KOTOKA was not killed by RAWLINGS, he died during a counter-coup d'etat in 1966 led by Col Arthur and Yeboah after he had been part of a coup earlier coup that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah
A very copacetic piece here, but kindly work on your pronunciation of the local names. I can tell from your accent that you are a Nigerian. And so whenever,you are bring out contents that has names especially local ones, I believe consulting someone to help with the names is the way to go . All the same kudos for a good work done .
Tragic shame! I'm not Ghanaian or Nigerian.The coups and counter coups in these two countries make me nauseated. I don't feel like visiting these countries at all!!
It brought fear to the heart of many leader. Because of it , senior Military Leader decided to restructure Their Military to avoid being able to come together for a coup.
Truly sad, his sin is still affecting we Ghanaians. Look Rowling collected 50 cedi nott which was my mother's capital money of trading. Since then they did not return the money. So N DC will face the punishment
His worst corruption was transformed himself from military to civilian president of additional 2 terms of ruling Ghana after years of rulling as military head of state. The killing of his senior generals was more of vadental or revenge. What later happen to himself, he finally died and Ghana is moving on.
Rest well our Gallant Generals. The murderer and the thief,is no more. No one will live forever. Rawlings came to steal for his family. Thieves NDC group
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The voice is on point, you know how to narrate stories.
There's no argument about the fact that, aside Kwame Nkrumah, Gen Acheampong added greatly to Ghana's infrastructure. In just 6 years. Rawlings had 19 years.
Hmmmm
Facts only
And you were told he did nothing i guess... tribal bigots
Mumu
Acheampong really tried for Ghana, He shouldn't have been executed
Thank you so much for bringing this up. This is a part our history we are not told
Are you serious
Can you believe yourself...template minds... History lessons should be written on billboard instead of library material to be researched... Complex people with inferior
Lol you just don't read
Africa have come a long way and still have a long way to go. JMO
Very simple to the point no personal opinion added. Thanks.
The executions was the worst and most barbaric act in the history of Ghana and Africa in general.
Abhorrent
If you had the chance to kill someone who had you up for execution would you let it slide because of your believes.😂.
Those were some of the darkest days in Ghana’s history. What a senseless and ruthless act. I recall countless businesses closing down in my city to escape the mayhems leaving their families behind. Military attacking and arresting civilians in their homes while repeatedly slapping them in their face. I cannot imagine the psychological impact and trauma of the victims families.
You clearly can’t be a good leader without doing these things , stay in your emotions
Post traumatic stress Syndrome
@tristan583 exactly! People spewing nonsense from today perspective are just foolish. I was in Accra on vacation from Paris where l was a young Guinean student. I know what l saw that year.
Excellent reporting - Thank you.
Many thanks!
According to the stories and history those criminal executions were done in the name of corruption activities. Every story of accusation of corruption till date has not been proven. It is just the behavior of Ghanaians. Always accusing people of some form of wrong doing without any proven fact. We have ended up killing all our good leaders for nothing. It is a sad behavior. And today we have same remnants and follower of Rawling doing the same things. God save Ghana.
Well said
Words of foolishness
Never knew people could type cluelessly and foolishly this way. What do you know bout those killings and it's impact in Ghana?. You folks from other African countries ve done worst under the normal logic. Rawlings is dead and we re still back to where we were before. Corruption is at it's highest peak at the moment.
@@huzaifmusah5086 , I guess you don’t read. And were born during those years or did anyone tell you what was going on then and have you had the opportunity to check history at all.
You foolishly accept lies and assumed it's the truth without findings out if that is true. You accept it to be so because that is what you want to hear, you are those trying hard to destroy what Rawlings corrected
Rawlings was behaving like a trigger happy kid. All the generals that he killed had an opportunity to kill him too during his prison days but spared his head. Well, now that they are all dead, only God will judge everybody.
The didn't spare his life. 4th June was the date Rawlings was to be executed. But Major Boakye and others staged an uprising and removed General Akufo.
Those people were executed in military junta what the 13peoples who were shot and killed instantly during election 2020 as we are in democratic arena
But speared his head where did you get that from there was a jailbreak where jj Rawlings was taken from his cell ...
@@WW24343 correct
My question is corruption has needed in Ghana 🇬🇭
The execution was the darkest moment in the history of our nation Ghana. Rawlings was later to preside over one of the most corrupt government in the history of Ghana and many innocent civilians were abducted from their homes and murdered while others also disappeared under strange circumstances.Ghana became a lawless nation but many thanks to President Kuffour who came to restore normalcy and the rule of law.
By what criteria did you come to that conclusion? You can say all that but, the Almighty God knows that Rawlings was our saviour in that era. Akuffo Addo government is doing very well now.
Wow,do you read all of history or just a few pages. I can’t believe this🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️.
God will answer you for this lie.This is the man who put Ghana on the rail to where it is today. I am very certain you or your relatives.must have been beneficiary of the rot Ghana passed through
Nonsense
I don't blame you, that is what you know...
Africans weeping till date due to hate, tribalism,heartlessness and personal glory. May God give change of mind, hearts and leaders to lead with empathy without discreminstion.
He has peddled lies
We were taught to hate ourselves by the Caucasian education systems all over Afrika. Look at Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
Stop using this racist word, called tribalism.
Even though Rawlings spent 19yrs in power, he couldn't do more than what Acheampong did in just 6 yrs and Acheampong freed us of all foreign dept. Aww tribalism, greed and envy has always been our problem. Rest well General
You are sick. What did Acheampong do? You Akans always want to discredit everybody apart from yourself.
Video had wrong photo for Gen Utuka. The photo shown is of Gen Acheampong.
Sorry about that, please. The mistake is that of my editor but I take responsibility for the mistake. So so sorry, please.
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@@backinhistory9
It's happen none of us are perfect...it's just a simple mistake your Documentary was well done
A well Researched documentary. I shall give you 💯.
Quite dubious
Where is Jerry Rawlings at this time?
😂
Rawlings also died as well
Dead even had stroke
Jerry Rawlings was a criminal
But he enjoyed life to the fullest before he died
He could simply put them in jail
I am not Ghanaian but I find it horrible to execute a person just for corruption. How about refunding what he stole and serving prison time ?
Do you know they keep the money out of Africa? They keep it in overseas banks! Go and see what Sani Abacha did! Over 300 million overseas we know off .
How do you think we can get that money back? Why are you people so stupid
Tribal hatred.
These things happened when the minority have power with guns in their possession.
Have u heard about china?
Rowlings executed those general simply cos he was afraid he could be toppled by those generals, their execution has nothing to do with corruption.
Well who cares 🤷🏻♂️ they all had it coming, everyone is corrupt one way or the other.
They wanted to kill him but he outsmarted them and killed them. You do me, I do you, God no go vex
It doesn’t take rocket-science to understand this. Some gullible Ghanaians will say he was doing it for the betterment of Ghana and its indigenes, but the clear answer is he did those heinous atrocities because he was paranoid and felt that those Generals must go before he goes.
What the heck is “He was executed because he was too close to power”?? How psychotic must you be to end another person’s life for this reason.
Notice how all he people executed studied in united Kingdom? This goes to show that most of the millitary leaders before him were all power hungry puppets of the UK and protégés' of the Ashanti kingdom:EMMAMUEL KWESI KOTOKA was no defferent!! the NPP hail KOTOKA because brought about the downfall OSAGYEFO the only one leader who was the son of Ghana but not the son of Ashanti!
Great Documentary
Well done 👍🏾
The soul of Rawlings would never rest. Bad man.
I dont agree wt u. If not for Rawlings , Ghana wouldve bn worst than Nigeria
He is resting well!!!!! Because he saved Ghana from the evil that he could. In just a few years after his death look at Ghana? Some people don’t even have water because of galamsey
@@KelvinEphraimephraim-b5ccorrect ooooo
Rawlings is a king..
Too much blood shed.
Point of Correction ,it was never signed or a date issued for firing squad of Rawlings and his thugs. My late Mother's Cousin Colonel Enninful was the Chair of the trial of Rawlings. He Colonel Enninful and his wife were murdered by thugs of Rawlings and Boakye Djan at dawn of June 4 1979. At the burial of Colonel Enninful at the Military Cemetary at Osu,Accra,Ghana my Mother never shook hands with Rawlings.
But where is Rawlings himself? His.children and grandchildren will face the same situation b4 the world ends.
@@ebonyfish2993 it will come to pass.
The Colonel and his wife were murder in their home at the breakfast table...JJ Rawlings is a Compulsive lier a murderer a Con man who became Rich in the End living a full life..his children's now living in paradise. unlike the senior military officers children's who are fatherless still in pain
@@DavidOfosuAppiahI don’t think you will see that before you die Sir 😂😂
@@ebonyfish2993neither will you see that before you die 😂😂
Thanks for the enlightening video...Power is the one thing humans and even animals find very hard to share...Rawlings knew it was either himself to go or the top military generals...who went to military school together.But I am not supporting his actions,just stating the bitter complex truth of power!
History that most of the youth aren't aware. The sacrifices that both fallen military personnel and civilians made not by their will. No one should die through execution because of corruption. I nearly got shot as a civilian through no fault of mine. God's Grace was on me, and he spared my life. Young ones, please humble yourselves and feel privileged that you are sitting on shoulders that saddly died during the revolution. You see how every November across Europe and America, those who fell during the world wars are remembered. Let us remember those who fell during the revolution and keep the snide comments out.
Some of these men had retired and living peaceful civilian lives but blood thirsty power drunk Efo wouldn’t rest until they were all dead. He blamed the killings on the people of Ghana saying “they were crying for blood” when in fact, he ordered the arrests and had the power to pardon them after their trial as the military ruler. This is in addition to the 3 judges he murdered for no reason other than doing their job. Today his family live in luxury with stolen money hidden away in Swiss banks while still influencing Ghana’s political life. This history is necessary for those born yesterday who still glorify his tenure because they are too young to realise the terror and havoc he scattered across Ghana. He died without pain but his maker is surely waiting for him.
Very good comment... JJ Rawlings become a very Rich man his children's living in paradise today unlike the Seniors military Officer's Children's who are fatherless still in pain
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Please,Where is the list of human beings brutally mûrdered by AFRIFA and Kotoka during and after the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah?
Very brave point 👉❤
Ask them again!
A national traitor and minion of imperialist forces is now being whitewashed as a hero because they think they can rewrite history to suit their agenda
He isn't talking of them, wicked jj
@@welbeckobeng4277 Evil AFRIFA and the matemeho who introduced coups and cold-blooded k1llings to Ghana, for short-sighted ambitions, to destroys Africas n the blackmans dreams!
So there's no corruption in that 🇬🇭 anymore ??
Youth should run away from that country because no single justice has been made since then ¿ injustice ? Wake up and jail some of these corrupt leaders from now ?
He Rawlings himself was as guilty of corruption as those he killed. He was just a blood thirsty man whose hands are stained with the blood of a lot of people. May their blood continue to speak against him.
If he was corrupt, why didn't the npp make him answer for it?? Stop defending the corruption of the generals... you are a disgrace!
The darkest moment of Ghana's history😮
My parents knew all the 3 Former Heads of State Of #Ghana and the 5 Generals murdered. My Late Father knew Rawlings as a boy ..my late father connected General Acheampong to his Wife Faustina ...
A good report but some portions are inaccurate. Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah never got to Hanoi (Vietnam). The coup took place when he stopped over in China. He flew from there to Guinea.
If such happens in Nigeria the tribal card will be played and everything will be turned into a tribal war and those who are trying to make positive changes will be made scape goats 😢
We are Ghanaians not Nigerians
Friend, it's always tribal in the undertones. It's not just Ghana or Nigeria. Even in so-called developed Europe. Look at the genocides and ethnic cleansing of Muslim Bosniacs in the Yugoslavian war.
Rawlings fought corruption or so he claimed but there were massive tribal undertones in his approach and persecution targets.
He killed Asantes the most. Foolish Rawlings, he said Gye Nyame and Nyame took him away too 👍
Rawlings is more corrupt than those leaders
@@user-bs5qr5ie4s Better yet, you and @akpewebiakolo7517 are AFRICANS foremost !
Please this account should have picked the life story of those present in the tick of affairs at the time say, Gen. Hamidu
Thanks 🙏
Point of correction: Hold on right there.. AFRC was the name of the game, and Jerry John was the chairman. And the spokes person was Boakye Gyan. The rank and file wanted to kill all the senior military officers. Jerry John put his foot down in all cases it was the same people that took him out the guard room to become the chairman of the council.
Forgetting our history or not knowing it makes us repeat it - all the mistakes, the horrors, the hatred, the brutalities, the murders, the destructions, etc. Keep reminding us of it. We need it to be humble and wise.
The name Rawlings for me means greatness. Plain and simple. These are the kinds of people (leaders) obstructing and undermining Africa to the point we keep crying "our leaders our leaders ". Rawlings showed incredible bravery and purpose to stage a coup. Followed it up with vision and a work ethic to navigate Ghana towards the state it is today. He's kind of unique in Africa, a case study for a military man. By the way, those generals were not executed by Rawlings. Sorry to inform you but it was a popular uprising and the people demanded their heads. Even Afrifa predicted this in a letter to Acheampong.
Rawlings was corrupt more than the people he accused them of being corrupt. He was a murderer. May these people blood stain the life of his children and all of his decendance. Why will he go and arrest Generals who had resigned and minding their business. He was scared of them because he was a coward.
The people wanted a change, Rawlings led a coup to bring that change. He's duly credited. The people call for the heads of some "corrupt" officials. Rawlings once again leads that execution.
Conclusion: Rawlings didn't kill them, it was the people. However Rawlings made the coup, not the people, even though the people called for the change.
How's this selective character whitewashing even sensible?
So when the people demanded the heads, what happened? The dead folks offered their own heads in altruistic patriotism?
Has Ghana been freed of corruption now ?
Ghana is even in a bigger mess now .
I think Rawlings did not like the Akans, and he succeeded in eliminating all the Akans. Checked if you could find any of them from the volta region.
Don't say you think, it's a fact. Rawlings wasn't quiet for his disdain for the Akans.
Very wrong, he had already married no less than an Ashanti, Konadu. Joy Amedume and Utuka, Felli were sacrificed and thrown into the pot for that very reason only to satisfy the Akans.
You mean all the people killed were akans? False. Ewes and northerners were among. Stop this
@emmanueldogah2649 He killed more Akans than any other tribe. Note, he didn't kill any retired army officer of any tribe . There was special squad he formed within the army, who kidnapped and killed many prominent Akans.
@kwabenaobatwani4246 you're being too Akancentric. Name a retired former Gen/Head of State alive, then that was non-Akan?
This happened when I was in the secondary school. We had Ghanaian Teachers then. Rawlings was called butcher of Africa Idi Amin de Second
The corruption returned because Rawlings was not a dictator. If he had remained in power Ghana would of become the greatest country in Africa. In my view this must be done throughout black Africa.
Those three brothers in west Africa are playing with fire. If they continue to be passive against corrupt politicians military personnel and Sahel terrorist.
I was 17 years then l am 74 now.
So when he was in power was the economy better?
@@ejikemeonuoha3272 good question do like l do research your question. What l can say is that the political and military corruption was very disgraceful why Ghana was in poverty. Listen to his speeches you will decide.
Stop lying old man, or were you one of those people terrorizing people in those so called revolutionary days?
How is it that a figure who thrived on just simply murdering his political rivals celebrated? Just barbaric strongman tactics to sieze power with a very weak political ideology behind it seems to be the norm in west africa. As a South African I always think that since these countries got their independence decades before we did in 94 they should have been the model to follow for us but it is the other way around and they are too proud to recognize that their suffering is self inflicted. We've had 5 presidents since 94, none of them had to stage a coupe and rule through fear by eliminating all opponents. No civil war since independence and one of the strongest economies in the continent. Simple, we debate and vote!
Eventually, the igbos fought a war. Why fight the war against the Igbos when you all know that the Igbos will not be given any more opportunity to be leaders in Nigeria. It was still Awolowo who betrayed the Igbos during the civil war, the same Awolowo asked the Nigerian govt to give only £20 to every returnee from Biafra to any part of the country. We can see where Nigeria is today.
Our path and the path of SA are very different but yes, I wish WA countries were able to manage their independence well so that SA could get inspiration.
My friend from South Africa,kindly talk about the Xenophobic attacks too.When Apartheid isolated you,we prayed,sang songs, added our voices to the ills of segregation.Now you have turned against your black brothers with Xenophobia.Xenophobia would isolate you again as Apartheid did unless u desist from it.SA is a coloured,white,black or Indian country depending on whom you ask.
Just look at your flag even,the segregation is in there,just look carefully.
@@jaytettehquarshie1522 If SA people were truly xenophobic just for the sake of it as you're told, there wouldn't be so many west african immigrants living here and more coming in every year mostly illegally. That's not an insult to west africans it's just the truth and reality. Illegal immigration frustrates even 1st world countries my friend and have you ever considered the genuine concerns of South africans on this matter? Go to any country and disobey their laws then see if they'll like that
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Your argument does not mean that xenophobia is not rampant in SA. Just because there were still many Jews in Germany in 1942 does not mean the nazis were not there. I saw on a documentary a SA woman crying and saying how much she hated African immigrants. It made me sick. It seems like the hatred is more towards their African brothers and sisters more than Europeans, Indians and Asians.
Listen fellow African, if you need to find refuge and prosper in a foreign country here in Africa, come to West Africa. This continent is for all of us. We’ll share it with you! Actually, you host countries will gain more from you. ✌🏾
The Rawlings execution of the generals including three former military heads of state is difficult to justify solely on the grounds of corruption if those generals themselves had not, in addition to corruption, caused the death of people. However, Rawlings brought political and economic sanity back to Ghana after his draconian rule. It could be that a country like Nigeria also needs Rawlings-style draconian rule to restore sanity.
My dear I agree with you,president Rawlings was the best ever, after Nkrumah, 🥰🇬🇭
After so many years, the bloodshed , executions, destruction of civil society, the fear and division, all Ghanaians got is nothing. There were worse corruption in Rawlings administration than any other administration since independence. I know what I'm talking about because I live in it. Rawlings had no vision for Ghana. He's all talk.
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@@victoriahutchful4066I guess you're not a Ghanaian . You only heard the noise but Ghanaians felt the heat.
@@kwabenaobatwani4246 really?? Why do u think am not?
Rawlings was the person that brought corruption to it bearest minimum in today. Thou corruption is still going on in Ghana, this cannot be compared with what is going on in Nigeria.
Try solve your problem and stop the comparison.
My question everyday is, was there corruption during JJ Rawlings military rule? If there was and he didn’t do similar thing then he didn’t try.
The currupt today is more than before
Yes ooo
Ghana today is worse after Rawlings and he's part of the problem, you see no man is a judge over another man. Only God has the right judge his creation
Did all these murder makes Ghana the most developed country in Africa? Nonsense
At least they don't have the ability to spread their criminal DNA. in the Ghana community.
At least they don't have the ability to spread their criminal DNA to the smart Ghanaians.
The answer is NO
Bulu bulu toy.. the corruption in his time is the same as now? Ur sense only dey RUclips. Jon
A nice report
Thank you very much for this video and your comments!
I'm togolese and and those events took place during my childhood.
I know Teshie Military Range near the Atlantic Ocean.
it is always a moment of contemplation when you make a visit to this place of execution.
Those families should be vey grateful to Président Kuffor for the reburial of those relatives and they are lucky!
In republic of Congo Brazza, until today the remains of President Marien Ngouabi cannot be found
Rawlings was a dangerous wicket person Someone spare his life and had no compassion to imprison those Generals for their Children to visit them I wish Nana Konadu didn’t become his wife I can’t forgive him because of the execution He has no legacy to remember except his execution
Victorlionelnazaire:
I agreed with you 100%. But, such policy might be good in Western World.
Take Nigeria for example, didn’t Nigeria have higher position as the corrupt country in the world??
Why, both corrupted (thieves) politicians and military heads are still ruling the country for the past 50 years.
How about other African Countries that corruption was the the cause of their trickle down economy??
Has other African countries changed for progress since 1960 when each of them became independent from colonial masters????
Rawlings was brutal and wicked. I will never accept or agree with him and his methods. Till date corruption thrives unabated in Ghana. If he had a good ground to charge them, he should have done it properly, seize their loots and properties and jailed them upon conviction. He was wrong then and till today he still wrong.
I agree.This man is not from my Generation but he was extremely wicked.Now he is deceased.
We shall not speak Ill of the Dead.
But sir, didn’t these same soldiers, also execute people? Including other military personal, whom mostly attempted coup themselves? Infact, was Rawlings not one of the military men, dating around almost a decade after this very press conference, whom had been captured and improved awaiting death row, because of attempted BLOODLESS coup? Sometimes let’s be real, or let’s just get our facts right Chaley. JJ was no saint but these guys werent either. Infact, they peers the pace setters in planting the idea of a coup in the heads of other soldiers to come.
@PaypaBoy-hx7zi well put. The double standards by some people leaves me incredulous.
Remember that it was Afrifa who introduced Coup to Ghana. He ordered the execution of three Leutenants who were sent by he Afirifa to kill Kotoka to cover his evil deeds .Names of the three Leutenants are 1. Samuel Arthur
2. Moses Yeboah
3. Osei Poku .
this a complete falsehood, infact per account Lt Arthur didnt not even inform his co coup makers about the making that coup, Afrifa had nothing to do with the killing of Kotoka, they were very good friends and it was told he wept bitterly over the lost of his dear friend KOTOKA, and it was one of reason the Accra airport was renamed Kotoka international airport. Please research well ..
Liar. This false story has been passed around for far too long.
That is the lie that was told to create Ewe disaffection for Asantes. It was a political ploy. Acheampong, an Asanteman overthrew the administration of the foremost Asante scholar of the day - Kofi Abrefa.
Very informative! Great job!!! And please take note...for future projects:
1. Boakye is pronounced /Boh-ah-chee/.
2. The picture displayed as Utuka is actually Lt. Gen. Acheampong
3. Acheampong is pronounced /Ah-Chee-Am-Pong/.
I understand in some parts of Nigeria, "P" is pronounced specially, like in the name Modupe. It is not like that in this case.
4. Akwasi is pronounced /Ah-Kway-See/.
Again, without the characteristic "Sh" pronunciation applied to certain names in parts of Nigeria.
Thank you, Nana. One of these days I will come to Ghana on vacation and I am sure that if I stay there for one month, I will master the pronunciation of the names. Pardon me for now. Thanks for your commendation and for your gentle corrections.
@@backinhistory9 This documentary is actually good! I didn't know certain things about Col. Felli till I watched it now. I know a lot about Nigerian history thanks to your channel. Keep them coming! I for one learn a lot from it! Kudos!!!
And you're always welcome to Ghana! Ghana and Nigeria are forever tied together!😂🤌🏽
He was just envious and fooled all of us just like another con man I know.
My colleague taught me the pronunciation of Ghanaians names.
May the almighty God forgive Rawlings and his family and his sigofants who helped him to do this Barbaric act, don't forget KARMA IS REAL
Now Ghana we need someone like JJ to control Ghana too much corruption
Great documentary, However you used General Acheampong's picture for Utuka.
That's my editor's mistake, but I take responsibility. Many thanks always.
What was his crime that led to Rawlings killing him?
Your narratives are chilling
What did you gain after the killings
I don't understand how Ghanaian revered Rawlings who murdered civilians who had retired from the army......terrible. 😢
Ghana was adrift with happy-go-lucky military bandits until Rawlings came... all stepping up to dish themselves healthy meals at the buffet on display... their relatives enjoyed so much wealth, and their voices of objection to his method of eliminating the corrupt bandits can still be heard till this day. They need to wake to the reality that for them, the party is long over. Move on!
You don't know what you're talking about. Rawlings set Ghana 20yrs back for his ignorance and naivete.
@kwabenaobatwani4246 Ghana is like Nigeria in many ways... 20 years back or forward makes absolutely no difference... it's five steps forwards and eleven backwards -till the end of their time
@@Ena-kc5fx The sad part is Rawlings executed the group who were the least corrupt. Real corruption started from Rawlings administration till now. I have lived through all these administrations Rawlings regime was most corrupt since the birth of Ghana.
@kwabenaobatwani4246 ..in the 70's Ghanaians trooped to Nigeria, where am from, in droves...leading to the infamous 'Ghana must Go' slogan.... was it Rawlings who brought that plight upon Ghanaians??? Look into your history. Are you of the Gen-z?
@@Ena-kc5fx I don't know what plight you're talking about but my point is Rawlings did more harm to Ghana than good from analytical point of view. He's long in words
and short in action. He had no vision. He played tribal game not only in the military but in the entire nation
That change was very necessary. If you were in Ghana at that time you will know or witness the level of corruption that was going in Ghana in those years. During those years,millions of Ghanaians left the country in such of basic need.
Rawlings and his PNDC was worse
We need that now more than ever! Addo and Cecilia first
And was Rawlings' regime any better? BS!
Can you justify that?
Ama, are you a mother?
Why kill them,what were the prisons meant for😢😢
They were beyond prisons. They were traitors.
I tire oooh
Don't forget Rawlings broke out of prison. What shows those generals will remain in the prison?
This will show you that Voltarians are not corrupted
Since time immemorial
Rawlings did not live forever, did he?
😢 power makes you make final decisions like you were God
For where?, And no body else.
Rawlings killed these great men out of hatred..Corruption is even worse in Ghana..May their beautiful souls rest in perfect peace with the Almighty God🙏🙏🙏
What happened to General Ankra?
Ankrah wasn't in Ghana during the executions . He live in UK until his death in 1992
@@symbwoytv6314 Wow, he was lucky. Thanks!
Horrible.Too much blood shed.How do you reconcile that with the abolishing of the death sentence in many countries.You kill as penalty for corruption?! My foot The blood shed negates any said achievements made by Rawlings.
Even there's no significant achievements considering all the disruption and bloodshed . Rawlings government was the most corrupt administration. He's naive and incompetent.
From this I can see that Rawlings was the real criminal....Killed all his opponents and people who could stand his way.Calling even people who had left office through 🗳️ ballots.,on retirement doing farming,someone who had won parliament ary elections!..Yet he had his name written on white sheet...Where is the world heading!...
The real idi Amin was born in Ghana...
Yet Ghana today has not experienced any difference in a civil development.
What happened when he called those members?
Africa must unite 🌍
Will corruption which is the worst disease and major handicap to it development end????
What was the transformational development that Rawlings brought? Mediocrity at its fineness
Jerry did an abominable act of inhuman during his tenure as head of state.
Not only Jerry Rawlings of Ghana. You also have Samuel Doe of Liberia, and a few other past Head of States of other African countries. Only the Almighty God is the ultimate judge of each one of us. Peace 🕊️✌️ and God bless 🙏...
Eyadema in Togo as well@@novellprice132
I don't blame you for spewing this garbage. Get this book for your education. The Trial Of JJ Rawlings.
@danielbortier6723 You shouldn't blame me for another one evil, Mr. Education.
@@Chukwudi-ze6li, You see, you're not a Ghanaian, but you're speaking like a Ghanaian who witnessed that era of our history.Even though very young then,I witnessed all that happened.For your education, Rawlings was the reason why Ghana is where we are now. There's no leader in the entire Africa continent currently who can be compared to Jerry Rawlings. We Ghanaians liked what's he did for us and no amount of misinformation can change that.
Were they corruot?
You brought the picture of Acheampong and not Utuka
My editor made the mistake. Apologies. Thanks
Evil,Dark ,Barbaric Timeline of #Ghana ...
Were there genuine reasons for the death sentences or was Rawlings just eliminating any potential challenge to his power?
Can you please tell me who overthrew Akwesi Akufo? And who staged the June 4th 1979 coup?
Please answer me.
This piece would have been perfect if the correct photograph was used for Maj Gen Utuka. The picture used here is that of Gen Kutu Acheampong.
My editor missed it, please. Apologies. Thanks for watching and making your comment. We appreciate 🙏
KOTOKA was not killed by RAWLINGS, he died during a counter-coup d'etat in 1966 led by Col Arthur and Yeboah after he had been part of a coup earlier coup that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah
A very copacetic piece here, but kindly work on your pronunciation of the local names. I can tell from your accent that you are a Nigerian. And so whenever,you are bring out contents that has names especially local ones, I believe consulting someone to help with the names is the way to go . All the same kudos for a good work done .
Thank you.
Please send me your email address
Im proud to name my first son after him he was born 7 days after Rawlings departed from things world. Rawlings will never Die.
God is watching u
Tragic shame! I'm not Ghanaian or Nigerian.The coups and counter coups in these two countries make me nauseated. I don't feel like visiting these countries at all!!
General I.K Acheampong may be dead but his spirit is alive and well.
The Acheapong’s will be back again is just a matter of time.
What happened to General Ankra?
@@ObalufonHe was spared but didn't live luxurious life as compared to Rawlings after leaving office. Rawlings family still live good
@@kwabenaobatwani4246 Wow and those general’s family are suffering. God knows the best!
So what good did Jerry Rawlings brought to Ghana???
Where's the 2 two soldiers who was killed by General Afrifa , Yeboah and Atta at the same firing squad
What a shock
Countinue Rest Well General Acheampong and General Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa ❤
It brought fear to the heart of many leader. Because of it , senior Military Leader decided to restructure Their Military to avoid being able to come together for a coup.
Truly sad, his sin is still affecting we Ghanaians. Look Rowling collected 50 cedi nott which was my mother's capital money of trading. Since then they did not return the money. So N DC will face the punishment
Where is rawlings today ?
Why has he not stayed forever ?
I'd very much appreciate it if you can do a documentary on your Nigerian leaders whose stories you should have first-hand knowledge of.
Kindly check my previous episodes. Thanks.
That's true.
I don't think anyone on RUclips has covers Nigerian history as much as this guy.... And be is now covering yours accurately
So Rawlings wants to tell us he wasn't corrupt neither
His worst corruption was transformed himself from military to civilian president of additional 2 terms of ruling Ghana after years of rulling as military head of state.
The killing of his senior generals was more of vadental or revenge.
What later happen to himself, he finally died and Ghana is moving on.
As me ooooooh
Rest well our Gallant Generals. The murderer and the thief,is no more. No one will live forever. Rawlings came to steal for his family. Thieves NDC group
So, my question is, after all these killings where is Ghana today. Economically, is she a better nation?
🤔🤔🙆rawlings rawlings hmmm only GOD have a right to judge him 🤔🤔🤔
Did he killed them because of corruption or because he had personal grudges against them ???
Hungry for power.
What compelled him to execute them? Did he execute them and with what?
What a shame !😢