Please contact us on Facebook or Instagram now! The killings were committed by some young soldiers and ruthless men. According to a report by MyNewsGH.com, Adabuga stated that Rawlings gave the order for the murders for both soldiers and civilians who . On December 31, 1981, Jerry John Rawlings overthrew. Nobody can point fingers at him. Rawlings knows of graves at secret locations in Accra - Former Dzigbolosu and Gbafa, Concord can reveal, were part of the abortive May 15, 1979 coup attempt by Rawlings. During cross-examination proceedings conducted by the commission in Accra, Mr. Matthew Adabuga who was an ex-corporal in Ghanas military service, one of the masterminds behind the PNDCs December 1981 coup, and former bodyguard of Rawlings was cross-examined by a Lebanese national residing in Ghana who was reported to have been involved in filming the killings and executions carried out during the PNDC era. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. He said, former President Rawlings is innocent of the crime he is being indicted for, adding that persons accusing his boss are ignorant of the facts. But in Rawlings defence, the former military driver explained in an interview on KOFI TV that, He (Rawlings) is innocent. ONE of the architects of the December 31, 1981 coup d'etat, ex-Corporal Matthew Adabuga, yesterday told the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) that the Chairman of the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), Flt-Lt J. J. Rawlings, ordered the killing of the three High Court judges and a retired military officer in 1982. He said six of them including Rawlings, Corporal Mensah, Albert Gbafa and Dzigbolosu, assembled at the Trade Fair, La, and advanced towards the RECCE Regiment Cook House. d midnight that he returned to his official residence at the Castle. Death and Pain: Rawlings' Ghana - The Inside Story, A Man of the People (African Writers Series, AWS31), Weep Not, Child (African Writers Series, AWS7), Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series, AWS1), The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography, A Cowrie of Hope (African Writers Series), So Long a Letter (African Writers Series), Arrow of God (African Writers Series, AWS16), The Enemy Within (African Writers Series). Accra, July 6, GNA - Ex-Corporal Mathew Adabuga, Player in the December 31 1981 Coup, on Tuesday said Former President Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) sanctioned any killings he ever committed. That was why he could not use any officer in the coup.. According to Cudjoe on the day of operation that Rawlings was said by Adabuga to have gone into hiding, he, together with Gbafa and Rawlings were the people who managed to conquer Gondar Barracks before people belonging to the Recce group such as Adabuga joined in. See More, Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News.