Ghana Akwasi Amanwka Akoto Afrifa, a son of General Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa has reacted to the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
Former President Rawlings died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment after falling ill a few days ago.
Reports have indicated that he must have passed away from complications of COVID-19 on Thursday morning, November 12, 2020.
Following the news, Akoto Afrifa whose father was one of the eight army generals who were executed by Rawlings and his Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) in the June 4 Uprising in 1979, has spared no feelings.
In a series of posts on Facebook, General Afrifa’s has expressed joy at the death of the former president.
The first of the posts had Akoto Afrifa indicating that the day was a happy one for him. He then came to state that he had approved ‘this death.’ Later, he added that “this death is not tragic enough.”
These posts and many others of him expressing joy over Rawlings’ death has stirred a barrage of criticisms for Akoto Afrifa.
Historically, General Afrifa was a leading member of the National Liberation Council (NLC) which overthrew Kwame Nkrumah’s government on February 24, 1966.
He became the leader of NLC and head of state a few months later and proceeded to hand over to K.A. Busia in 1969.
10 years after handing over and retiring to his hometown of Krobo, a small town near Mampong in the Ashanti region, he was killed as part of a ‘house-cleaning’ exercise by Rawlings’ AFRC.
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Source:TheBBCghana.Com
