The Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has let out how Danquah-Busia political tradition help toppled Kwame Nkrumah’s government.
John Mahama stated that on 24th February 1966 (57 years ago), the Danquah-Busia political tradition conspired with external intelligence agencies to initiate Ghana’s first coup d’etat which toppled the government of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
He threw more light on the issue saying that the coup was accomplished via a conscious and constant campaign of falsehood and calumny against the “Messiah”.
Further, he added that as a former President of Ghana who has also been at the receiving end of the Danquah-Busia tradition’s campaign of slander and sabotage, he felt deep in his spine the “confused” state President Nkrumah found himself in.
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Recounting how he experienced the 1966 coup engineered by Danquah-Busia political traditions, he said that he was a young boy still in primary school as of 1966 but he can recall vividly the highlights of the dark days that followed the February 24, 1966 coup.
John Mahama said the perpetrators made a promise “to liberate Ghana” but it was not achieved after engineering the coup.
Their actions only initiated a long nightmare that destroyed Nkrumah’s vision for Ghana and Africa.
Referencing 24th February, 2023 as 57 years ago of that coup d’etat, he called on all Ghanaians and the patriotic security agencies and armed forces to mark the day as one of reflection and to remain loyal to the 1992 Constitution as they begin the task of rescuing his nation from the dark pit the sitting government, New Patriotic Party (NPP) has plunged the whole country into.
He concluded and urged all Africans to give meaningful democracy a chance.
READ THE POST MADE BY PRESIDENT JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMAÂ
57 years ago today, 24th February 1966, the Danquah-Busia political tradition conspired with external intelligence agencies to initiate Ghana’s first coup d’etat, which toppled the government of our first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
This coup was achieved through a conscious and constant campaign of falsehood and calumny.
As a former President of Ghana who has also been at the receiving end of the Danquah-Busia tradition’s campaign of slander and sabotage, I can empathise completely with the quandary President Nkrumah found himself in.
In 1966, I was a young boy still in primary school. But I remember highlights of the dark days that followed the February 24, 1966 coup.
The perpetrators woefully failed to liberate Ghana as they had promised. They instead initiated a long nightmare that destroyed Nkrumah’s vision for Ghana and Africa.
As today marks 57 years of that coup d’etat, I call on all fellow Ghanaians and our patriotic security agencies and armed forces to mark this day as one of reflection and to remain loyal to the 1992 Constitution as we begin the task of rescuing our dear nation from the dark pit the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has plunged us into.
I further urge all Africans to give meaningful democracy a chance, the very reason for which I am presently here in Nigeria as Head of the West African Elders Forum on an election mediation mission, as the country votes on Saturday.
SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh
