How a general convinced Rawlings to add Afrifa’s name to 1979 execution list

In June 1979, eight senior officers, including three former heads of state, were executed by firing squad under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), led by Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings. General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, a former Head of State; and Major General Emmanuel Kwasi Utuka, a former Border Guards Commander, were executed at the […]