General News of Saturday, 5 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Boakye Djan has launched another attack on Rawlings• He has also defended the June 4 uprising but condemned the 1981 coup• He believes Rawlings committed an illegality with the 1981 coupAnother June 4 commemoration, another jab at late former President Jerry John Rawlings by his one-time friend and now foe Major Boakye Djan (retired). The two ex-military officers are known to be the orchestrators of the June 4 uprising but Boakye Djan has constantly refused it, stressing that the Rawlings played no direct role in the coup which was anchored on the principle of probity and accountability. In the Ghanaian settings, it is somewhat taboo to speak ill of the death but not even death could save Rawlings from the criticism of Boakye Djan. In his comment on the 2021 edition of the June 4 uprising, Boakye Djan posited that Rawlings defeated the purpose of the June uprising with the overthrow of the Limann government in 1981. "He died as a walking criminal.

Source: GhanaWeb June 05, 2021 07:30 UTC