Narrating how their accord was formed, he said General Kutu Acheampong was already allotment of the army in Sekondi, and during his leisure time, he and his accompany had a favourite tennis brawl atom and a football esplanade area they went to absorb their chargeless time
He said he acclimated to additionally go there, not aloof to watch them comedy but additionally to aggregate the assurance that were befuddled further from the tennis court
He connected that they accepted his addition and sometimes angled him back they accomplished the game
"General Acheampong, the above arch of state, was my friend. Back I was in Sekondi, he was allotment of the army. I additionally knew Stephen Obimpeh; he was a argosy administrator in Sekondi. Every weekend, they acclimated to comedy connected tennis at a accurate atom in Sekondi. I was consistently about because I acclimated to bolt the assurance for them. They accepted what I was doing, so anytime they bankrupt their game, they gave me something," he said
"They additionally had a esplanade at Sekondi area they went to comedy football. Unless I apprehend that they will be visiting the park, you'll see me there. They saw me one day and asked who my adviser was. I laughed and told them it was God who had been allegorical me of their meeting. It connected until Acheampong took over power; I was still in Sekondi," he added
Continuing with the narration, the 70-year-old cobbler said that back he accustomed in Accra to hustle on October 24, 1975, his acquaintance had been affidavit in as the arch of accompaniment of Ghana
Homefa said they met afresh in Circle, a alive burghal in Accra, abacus that Acheampong recognised him and was afraid to see him there
Asked why he never asked for advice from the man, he said his accompany accountable him to, but he never did because he didn't appetite to be belittled all in the name of gluttonous help
"When I came to Accra, I met him afresh at Circle and he was afraid to see me here. A lot of bodies affected me to appointment him at the castle, but I'm the blazon who does not force myself on people. I do not go to places I'm not arrive to, and I additionally didn't appetite him to amusement me as a adolescent because I charge help," he said
Richard Homefa said this in an account with GhanaWeb's reporter, Eugenia Diabah, on Everyday People
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