Founders' Day Debate: What Akufo-Addo's father, two other judges said about Obetsebi Lamptey
Published:
3 months ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has, in his opposition to the Founders' Day argument by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and members of the New Patriotic Party, made an interesting historical revelation. Speaking on Pan African TV, Kwesi Pratt noted that one of the persons, Emmanuel Obetsebi Lamptey, whom President Akufo-Addo wants recognized as a founder of Ghana, was once convicted of terrorism by the president's father. Kwesi Pratt disclosed that Edward Akufo-Addo, who was a member of a three-member judging panel, found Obetsebi Lamptey guilty of engaging in acts of treason and condemned him to jail.
"The father of the current president and two other judges, Justice Van Lare and Justice Aku Korsah, tried Obetsebi Lamptey and in their judgment described him as a terrorist. They sentenced him and put him in jail. Akufo-Addo's father was one of three judges who convicted Obetsebi Lamptey as a terrorist and committed him to prison.
"If we are being told today to celebrate Obetsebi Lamptey as a founder of this republic, is that not an insult?