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Rawlings Was An ‘Empty Barrel’ Like Trump – Dr. Sekou Nkrumah

Rawlings and Sekou Nkrumah

Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Ghana’s president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has without mincing words chastised late Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd.) over some of his conduct as a head of state and President of Ghana.

He believes that Mr. Rawling has betrayed the idea of the June 4, 1979, coup after he staged the December 31, 1981, coup that overthrew the government of Dr. Hilla Limman a democratically elected president.

Sekou Nkrumah made these revelations in a post on his Facebook,

“Let’s throw away the Ghanaian legendary hypocrisy and talk plain. The man was a very wicked man, and he was not a nice guy! Handsome yes, in his younger days. Charismatic? Sure, he was, and he could run his mouth like all the other empty barrels, including Trump!”

“He betrayed June 4 when he staged the Libyan sponsored 1981 coup, and he messed up on the revolutionary stage! After criticizing the IMF and World Bank he made a U-turn and embraced them, and in the process exposed his lack of socialist credentials,” parts of Dr. Sekou Nkrumah’s post read.

He indicated that Rawlings was just a populist who climbed on the back of the ordinary Ghanaian to fame.

“JJ was also a violent, bloodthirsty man,” he wrote.

See his full post below;

Ok have they buried JJ yet? I hope so because I really want to speak my mind on this matter.
Let’s throw away the…

Posted by Sekou Nkrumah on Thursday, 28 January 2021

 

Source: www.Ghananews.me