{"id":646742,"date":"2019-06-28T13:28:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>A section of former Army Generals at the service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family members of Generals and a Colonel who were executed during the 1979 coup yesterday held a memorial and thanksgiving mass for their departed fathers at the S"},"modified":"2019-06-28T13:28:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:28:56","slug":"afrc-executed-generals-remembered-at-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/afrc-executed-generals-remembered-at-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRC Executed Generals Remembered At Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A section of former Army Generals at the service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Family members of Generals and a Colonel who were executed during the 1979 coup yesterday held a memorial and thanksgiving mass for their departed fathers at the St Catherine Catholic church at Burma camp, Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The service, themed, \u201c40th years<br \/>\non\u2026 Never Again\u201d was attended by high profile personalities, including the<br \/>\nChief Justice, Her Ladyship Sophia Akuffo, the Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema<br \/>\nOpare, and the Chief of The Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Boamah Akwa.<\/p>\n<p>The military officers were never<br \/>\ntried but\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 executed upon the orders of the<br \/>\njunta.<\/p>\n<p>Concelebrating with The <em>Very Rev.\u00a0Fr.<\/em><em>\u00a0 Anthony Narh<br \/>\nAsare, Parish Priest of St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church and Rev Friar Lieutenant<br \/>\nColonel ACK Kemetse, Deputy Director of Religious Affairs said in his homily<br \/>\nthat \u201cJesus\u2019 ultimate destiny was to return to the Father, so this constitutes<br \/>\nJesus\u2019 promise that his servants \u2013 disciple will join him in that glorious<br \/>\nsetting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He prayed that the good Lord which we all serve will continue to <\/em>strengthen the children and the<br \/>\nfamilies of the late Generals and also give them forgiving hearts to forgive<br \/>\ntheir oppressors.<\/p>\n<p>Adding His Voice, the Most Reverend<br \/>\nProfessor Emmanuel Asante, the chairperson of the National Peace Council said<br \/>\nyears have passed since they departed; we still have fresh memories of their<br \/>\nlives.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u2018the memorial service in<br \/>\nmemory of our departed families , was not to recall the painful past with the<br \/>\nview of inciting us to seek vengeance, which is of the lord,\u00a0 but with the view to facilitating an<br \/>\nencounter\u00a0 between the painful past<br \/>\nand\u00a0 the present of forgiveness , in<br \/>\nfurtherance of\u00a0 restitution.<\/p>\n<p>In 1979, General I.K. Acheampong,<br \/>\nMajor General E.K. Utuka, Rear Admiral Joy K. Amedume, Major General Kotei,<br \/>\nGeneral F.W.K. Akuffo. Air Vice Marshal George Yaw Boakye. Lt. Gen. Akwasi<br \/>\nAmankwa Afrifa and Col. Roger J. Felli, were summarily executed by firing squad<br \/>\nat the Teshie Shooting Range in Accra amidst chants of \u2018Let the blood flow\u2019 by<br \/>\nsome disgruntled Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>The execution was carried out by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), led by Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(lindatenyah@gmail.com)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey&amp; Nii Adjei Mensahfio<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A section of former Army Generals at the service Family members of Generals and a Colonel who were executed during the 1979 coup yesterday held a memorial and thanksgiving mass for their departed fathers at the St Catherine Catholic church at Burma camp, Accra. 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