{"id":7187,"date":"2019-12-14T13:29:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=7187"},"modified":"2019-12-14T13:29:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:29:53","slug":"sgt-akata-pore-apologises-for-involvement-in-december-31st-coup-detat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/sgt-akata-pore-apologises-for-involvement-in-december-31st-coup-detat","title":{"rendered":"Sgt. Akata-Pore apologises for involvement in December 31st coup d\u2019\u00e9tat\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

A member of the defunct Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) military junta, Sergeant Daniel Alolga Akata-Pore, has apologised for his involvement in the December 31, 1981 coup d\u2019\u00e9tat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The military revolt led to the overthrow of the constitutionally-elected government led by President Dr.\u00a0Hilla Limann\u00a0and the crimes committed against humanity that followed.<\/p>\n

Sgt Akata Pore\u2019s apology comes in the wake of the recently aired documentary, \u2018Scars of the Revolution\u2019 which revisits the events of the 1979 and 1981 revolutions organised by Ft. Lt. J. J. Rawlings and what they\u00a0did to the country.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyFM\u2019s Super Morning Show, Sgt. Akata Pore said, \u201cIt is true that I was one of the key architects of [December] 31st [coup], I will never run away from that. I can\u2019t apologise enough, I\u2019m so sorry about all that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acknowledging that his actions at the time, evidently did not lead to anything better for the country today, he said ashamedly, \u201cI feel so stupid to have been part of this whole scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n

He shared on the show that, anytime he gets the opportunity to apologise to people who have been scarred by the horrors of the events\u00a0as a result of\u00a0military rule\u00a0in Ghana\u2019s history, he completely apologises to them.<\/p>\n

He believes that the way forward is for his former colleague and retired Flight Lieutenant, Jerry John Rawlings, to lead everyone involved in all the coup d\u2019\u00e9tats; failed and successful,\u00a0to make a formal unconditional apology for what happened not only to individuals but to the country as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made mistakes. We\u2019ve got to accept them and apologise,\u201d the Sergeant said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A member of the defunct Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) military junta, Sergeant Daniel Alolga Akata-Pore, has apologised for his involvement in the December 31, 1981 coup d\u2019\u00e9tat. The military revolt led to the overthrow of the constitutionally-elected government led by President Dr.\u00a0Hilla Limann\u00a0and the crimes committed against humanity that followed. Sgt Akata Pore\u2019s apology […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":7188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[4663,4664],"class_list":["post-7187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-member-of-the-defunct-provisional-national-defence-council-pndc-military-junta","tag-sergeant-daniel-alolga-akata-pore"],"yoast_head":"\nSgt. 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