Worried by the seeming friction between the founder and the party, Desooso said “let’s respect and love those who have sacrificed for us. So, I will take this opportunity on behalf of the party to kneel down before my dad – please forgive us. This happened because Rawlings was a junior soldier in the Ghanaian Army who with other soldiers were refused to be given their salaries. The first time the public heard from Rawlings was a now legendary statement that he Rawlings had been released by the junior officers and that he was under their command. The soldiers rounded up senior military officers including three former heads of states, General F. K Akuffo, Ignatious Kutu Acheampong and Afrifa for trial.

Source: GhanaWeb June 04, 2018 15:45 UTC