This man is a walking archive.. a walking Gh history. Where are our movie producers ? This is what make Hollywood the best in the world... they'll make a movie out of this story for the country and the world

The guest was talking about the killing and burning of Osofo Asare in Kumasi. I was returning to Kumasi from a visit to Accra on the very day Osofo Asare was killed. When we arrived in Kumasi, the incident was still active or in progress and the Soldiers had blocked the road from Amakom to Kejetiah. Our Neoplan Bus that we traveled on was redirected to take a detour through Asawase to Zongo. And we were forced to carry our luggage on our heads to walk in a long straight line to Kejetiah where many had to catch their next vehicles to their homes or their home-towns. In fact, shortly after I arrived at Kejetiah, having walked all the way from Zongo with my luggage on my head, a handful of Soldiers went wild on rampage, ordering everyone to vacate Kejetiah before dusk. Luckily, I was able to find a Trotro to go home before too late. But I did see one Soldier who was surely drunk and hitting passengers with the butt of a Gun to quickly get unto their Village- or Town-bound trucks and leave. The story behind the killing of Osofo Asare is that there was a Major at the Kumasi Second Infantry Brigade whose wife was attending the Pastor's Church and supposedly having an affair with the Pastor. At least, that is what the husband suspected. Whatever was the truth in that case is left to argument. However, the Major resented the wife's persistent attendance to the Church and had demanded that she quit. She did not. So, the Major decided to go to the Church to forcibly drag the wife out of there. He was reported to have been drunk and physically assaulted the woman. The Pastor and some of his Youthful congregants then descended on the Major and beat him up in response and the Major was killed in the process. Some of the Church members claimed that the Major was threatening them with a Pistol. So, it was the death of the Major at the hands of Osofo Asare's Congregation that engendered the reprisal of the Second Infantry Soldiers to retaliate and finally resulted in the shooting of the Pastor and his body burnt. Other members of the Church also died in the reprisal. I also agree with the guest on his account of the bad blood between Boakye Gyan and J. J. I have given a similar account elsewhere. It was the Ex-gratia accepted by Boakye Gyan and others that started the animosity between him and J. J. and eventually led to the execution of Kyeremeh Gyan, Boakye Gyan's younger brother, who was, incidentally, my personal friend at KNUST and Tema. He was executed alongside my Grand-child, Joe Gyekye, and Gyiwa. Obeng Manuh died of natural causes at Berekum after a long bout of sickness. Obeng Manuh had started off as a staunch PFP advocate and supporter. But later on he came to support J. J.'s movement in a way but not necessarily defect to NDC. He had partially, at least, retired from active Politics when he died. Appiah-Menkah did something criminal. Period! He had duped the Chiefs he represented in the Western Region, taking much of the money that was due them as a result of a litigation over their land. That was why he got entangled in the web of the so-called corruption busting by the Revolution.

Peter Achana is a native from Manyoro a small town under Navrongo. This man have more credible information than those Randy interview in London

This guy is truthful I went to ridge to work in Rawlings house they are not the way people think they are

Kpfi you are. A good interviewer u allow. Your. Host to talk. and explain. things and history

Am loving this history, it's well educative ❤❤. MY MOTHERLAND 🙆‍♂️🇨🇦🇬🇭

Rawlings is a good person i know him personally , democracy is a corrupt system they never want any good government in Africa

I was at the printing place he is telling the truth

Mr. Braimahbis fantastic, very knowledgeable. Kofi, i know one Ex WO1 Blagoggie. He's also really knowledgeable about the military take overs in Ghana. You'll love the information. He's at Oyarifa...

This guy is truthful I was born and live in nsawam and I saw this is true was Sunday

JJ is still alive because he is truthful and wantd nothing but the best for Ghana . God bless JJ

Now that people will believe Rawlings , I love Rawlings so such a leader with all qualities. I wish he comes back

You can feel the truth in his speech. Kofi thanks a lot for letting this man come your program I Mubarak Issofa Yakub A.K.A Prince Mubarak Issofa love your program keep it up.

God bless you...J J bring equal rights I remember in Ghana only men power without women... and today women are happy involved in everything us a country

This man is saying trueth and he is very intelligent man 👨 this interview clear our mind now we know the truth. Thank you Dady God bless you.

briamah seidu thank u for vindicating rawlings .almost most ghanaians have accuse him against his innocent .its just unfortunate those who produce the film who kill the judges didnt ask you . this old soldier has actually said the truth .bramah seidu may allah give you long life .kweku baako should go back to history .wirh his lies

Very intelligent and articulate man

This is very enlighting. My dad who was Warrant Officer at Recce confirms some of this perspective. I regret that I missed this during the live show.

This man is so credible and ought to be believed but people are so brainwashed and so myopic they'd not open up to learn the truth from this honourable man.

This guy is very right. He speaks the. God bless him. He is poor but will live rich.

The best history teacher so far is Mr Braimah Issaka , this is the clear truth

Kofi may God bless the man you are interviewing. A lot of people People hate JJ because of lies People talked about him. 1979 . I was baby boy. But up to date I like JJ. Ghanaians don't like the truth that's why we can't move forward. Most of my family were in the Army. If after Nkrumah and JJ the up coming leaders like them!! Ghana will be now powerful and respectful not like now that Ghana we have oil and we getting small percentage and Chinese are all over Ghana mining gold and diamond. Ghana we have Missed great leaders like Nkrumah and JJ. Kofi I salute this man for his truth speaking. May God bless him and his family.

Raymond should listen to genuine people like Braimah

Nice one ...it time for us the youths to know the truth and untruth behind the JJ time

My late mum who was with the second infantry has also said same thing about that revolution. Ghanaians always have the attitude of listening to one sided stories

Some people have lied to us about J.J Rawlings for long time. Thank you, Kofi, for this interview.

Very educative 👌👌👏👏👏👏 blessup..

Kofi, I thank you for this interview. May the HATERS of Rawlings watch this KZfaq video 📹.

Omg! This man knows so much. This is history preserved for posterity. Mr. Brimah, God bless you so much for bringing us the truth. This documentary should be shown on all media outlets so as to educate the whole of Ghana. His consciousness of these events is so vivid and well articulated.

Rawlings is not as bad as people printed him. He is the best president Ghana had ever get. Some of as knows how much he worked for ghanaians. I wish people will stop the false accusation on him.

Kofi do please have a tape of this interview. Is a history. Thx

Kofi, ur interview is the best, no unnecessary interruptions.....

kofi this is what we need from you good work

Most Ashantis needs to watch this video bcoz the hate they have for jj rawlings is very bad yet rawlings is the one that builds many roads and lights in Ashanti region 😢

Wow, this man reminds me of my dad. My dad used to tell us all this stories. he knows more of the names he has mentioned. Wow

This man is very straightforward and truthful. He sounds like he is 40's and not in his 60's. I wish i knew him personally.

Let them know I am so happy today they have to give Rawlings respect

How i wish this interview is in English, i would have enjoyed it, J J is my icon

Rawlings should look for Mr. Kasiru and help him.

Most Ghanaians know nothing about the country's true history

Movie Actors should put this interview into visuals....😭😭😭😭

At first I hate Rawlings of what I heard about him during his time,,but this program I have now known him of not being a bad person,,and I have loved him paa

Why are some Ghanaians so keen on making Rawlings a murderer? We've had series of coups in Ghana, blood had been shared but it seem like those had been erazed in our memory but rather focused on Rawlings? Is it because he is the only living military President alive? What difference does it make in our present Ghana economy and national growth? Am not that grown but was born before this issue. My late father may his soul rest in peace who was an engineer when Akosombo was built, first black engineer when Norcem was established in Ghana, was arrested for the coup that was used to overthrow Neman, even though he was in Norway at the time of the coup, yet held nothing against Jerry. As an ex-serviceman he stated as what this man is now saying. Can we look for Ghana's growth than relieving our past, yes it is history but it not helping our present economy.

May Allah bless you now i know,God forgive me for insulting the former president Rawlins we don't know they lie to us it means there is no peace in the country sorry long live onuupa

Let's see if you are here to read comments about this great history ✋ Asonaba Kwabrafoso OBUASI

Rawlings was accused for all the atrocities because he was the leader of the revolution

He can remember almost everything vividly

One of the best interviews, very educative

I believe this man is being very honest after watching this for the second time. Probably Kofi’s best interview on Rawlings and insight into the revolution so far. But he shouldn’t sugar coat that bloody episode in Ghanaian history so much. He’s not bitter or angry.

Because of this man we now know the truth. Enough of Kwaku Baako's false propaganda and mean spirited venom he spews every time he comes on air

God blessed you brother today you give me something i can't believe i will hear in my life, you open my mind

indeed whatever people dont understand they criticize.. thanks you kofi

This man said it all regarding stating collective reasons for these military interventions. It covered greed, indescipline , coverups, eacape, deception, courage, ethics, love of nation, selflessness, unintended victimes, inocent people used as scapegoats and families lost of loved ones. We better learn from this and use it as a guide for nation building but it appears we quickly forget things easily.

He was part of the revolution. I wasn’t expecting him to say bad things about a group he was part. This is just one side of the story. The revolution had a leader and all the happenings were headed by someone. You can’t say NDC government did something without directing it to the President. All these guys had good intentions but also used same system to destroy lives.

GOD WILL BE THE JUDGE

This guy is saying the truth .i believe he is really saying the truth

Braimah always tell the truth. Only problem is when kojo tsikata pull Rawlings away from the Boys Boys to OSU Castle.

I really suspect that this man was among the ones Boakye Gyan said were leaking info when they planned to oust rawlings..... he sounds credible, knows so much, and vehemently defending rawlings.

I am happy the host has now heard the truth for him because he is one of the few who propagate these falsehoods about the ex- president Rawlings.

I see people insulting But if u were Tobe there by then or to be soldier by then u wouldn't be insulting , and hating the former president ... rather u will thank God for ur life , for enjoying democracy today .....

May almighty Allah bless you sir

Kofi....This interview remains the best of all your work. Some interviews with Al Wahab and that young lady in the forest who later died were excelent too. With all that is going on we need to watch it again. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks so very much, Bro. Kofi and to Mr. Braima Issaka, I thank you very greatly for all the information you’ve provided in the interview. But I wish you could schedule another interview with him. This time, arrange your questions again and allow the gentleman ample time to answer them in details. I just believe there’s more important information we can get from him if he’s allowed to take his time and answer them. I just feel he rushed to give certain relevant information in his answers to some questions. But from your good work and the information provided in this interview, Bro. KofiTV, I thank you.

Kofi you are a good interviewer. You allow your host to express him or herself.

I was part of those who hates Jerry John Rawlings based on what I heard from him. and I have said bad things again him, hmmmm, may God forgive for what I have said against him. the truth has been told Today

This man speaks a lot of knowledge facts. God bless you Sir.

I salute this man and Mr. Jerry John Rawlings.

The revolution may have had its good and bad sides, but you cant absolve JJ completely from all the excesses. People were killed, people went missing, people fled from the nation (exile), and people were maltreated. In the end, the question we should ask ourselves is whether the revolution was worth it. Did Ghana turn into a developed nation at the end of the JJ's tenure. From what i know, when Kuffuor took over the country, he had to render Ghana HIPC in order to help us deal with our financial woes which may have been concealed for a very long time due to suppressed freedom of speech. When you listen to most people who tell their side of the story, they say the revolution did not achieve its aim.

I am always so disgusted when I turn on a Ghanaian TV program that has its title written in English, but only to discover that it is narrated completely in a Ghanaian language. I am a Liberian, but because of my two grown adopted Ghanaian daughter and son, I am highly interested in Ghanaian affairs, especially the culture and politics. What I find frustrating about the whole thing is that, usually, the host and his guests are all very fluent in the English language, but choose to jump back and forth between the English and the Ghanaian language. Why don't you choose one and stick with it? If I get to know, for example, that you will be discussing the subject matter exclusively in your local language, I won't waste my time on that particular program.

hmmmm you are toying with our mindsooo..... sadly it depends on who you listen to, listening to kwaku baako and others also makes one feel bitter at JJ. Anyway thanks for the interview and education.

Everybody knows Amartey Kwei did not master mind the killing of the judges. He was an unfortunate stooge. A fall guy. Braimah, if someone asked you at the time (especially a low ranking civilian PNDC member) to go and kill someone, would you go and kill him? If Amartekwei had asked you to go and kill someone, would you go and kill him? I’m sure the answer is no, because Amartekwei was a civilian and not of the stature nor power to command someone to do such a thing. That would require someone with higher power ie Rawlings or Tsikata. I have never watched a video of Amedekah. But no doubt, he is an intelligent man and soldier, who would not take such an order from an ‘idle civilian’. It is well known that Tsikata gave the gullible Amartey Kwei a message written in military cipher, which Amartey Kwei, being a civilian, would not understand to be given to Amedekah. But why don’t you say what was in the letter you burnt? That would save us a lot of hustle. Of course no one can say Rawlings ordered them to kill anyone apart from the Tanko you mentioned and the people whose death warrants he signed. Rawlings, behaves just like a Mafia boss. Only he knows the big picture and he tells everyone part of the story. He always talks in parables. ‘Take him away’ means go and kill him. If you take him away and let him free and come and report, he will tell a more trusted person to ‘Take him away and show him what the first order meant’ and he will take you away and shoot you. Another code used by the soldiers is ‘Do him Mafia’. You yourself have mentioned one I hadn’t heard before’ ‘...sort them out…’ So by this simple means, Rawlings (learning the US mafia bosses) escaped accusation. I know that mafia books and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli was regular reading among the PNDC leadership around the time.

The U.K. so called Layer Andy should listen this classic interview.. He sits on his TV station and force the old captains to say Rawlings killed the judges.

Rest well brave man 😢

Not pointing a gun at Sarkodie mean he did not kill Sarkodie.

Kofi please ask him why did JJ Rawlings invite the retired General Afrifa to meet him at Military head quaters?

If someone said America have more than two political parties that's a lie. I also live in America. All I know is Democrats and Republicans party and I voted

Ooooooh Papa J, a aaaaah!!!! Why didn't we know this b4 he died. Ooooh such a great legend, papa J. U will 4ever be remembered

This man is truthful. He is honest. Good command of the English language. He should come and live in Ghana to live in peace. It also shows that Rawlings is ignorant of many things he is accused of.

There is a saying that Goes like this , *there has never been a fame without sacrifice* Ghana enjoying democracy today is a great sacrifice of some one child, husband, Brother, fathers leadership , he was Tobe killed But God preserve his life , so the judgment is in the hands of God GOD BLESS JJ RAWLINGS GOD BLESS AFRICA GOD BLESS THE MOTHER LAND AND ALL THOSE INONCENT SOLDIERS WHOM SHIELD THEIR PRECIOUS LIVES AND BLOOD !!!

Really interesting stories, God bless you sir BRAIMAH, JJ Rawlings is so innocent

Thank you for sharing this information with us. I did history in school and nothing I learnt is the truth. All I knew JJ was evil but that was not the case.

God bless you for the clarifications. JJ will continue to rest in peace, he has done his best for Ghana. 🫡

A story is true when the puzzle put itself in place and when the storyteller even takes blames

At least for once you’ve brought someone on your program to educate people in Ghana not like the one you were asking people if they like straight or crooked? Virgin or broken? How do you feel now about this educative interview Kofi? You see how you were happy and relaxed during this interview?

Thank you so much my bother Kofi. this gentleman Mr.Briamah lssaka is very Smart person Man. he can be a lecturer l thank him l have learnt so much from this interview. Thanks Kofi''''' Fred .New York.

I still want to know the slogan of the t shirt nana konadu sent them to sell

The way some of the Soldiers treated civilians president Rawlings time was very bad they took the Law into their own hands as he said. Those who killed and treated civilians very bad that time, if they still alive they still suffering right now. I think he is telling the truth.Sometimes if something happens and you don't have truly witness is very hard that you can defend yourself.

This man is diverting the story in JJ is not the one who othered the killing of Acheampong I am the one who othered?

Waaw so educative..history history history 😘well done kofi for this interview.i really enjoy it😎

Pls ask him how did they acquired visa to the various countries?

A leader's job is to provide a platform for his people to succeed. What platform did rawlings give Ghana. Y'all should be consideing this

The truth always stands I remember during the truth and reconciliation commission proceedings a lot of people alleged Rawlings had done things against them but could not substantiate their claims... it turned out a lot of atrocious acts were committed in his name by people and soldiers with their own personal vendettas against others. Some committed these atrocities in the name of greed or because the opportunity was there and no accountability. I hear the Kweku baakos parade hear say so convincingly as if they were there. But here is a this gentleman who gave a clear account and chronology of how things happened and clear to see. None of these accusers can for fact determine if Rawlings gave the orders even though the perpetuator cleared Rawlings

More detailed insight, bravo Kofi, thanks Mr. Braimah.

It seems very interesting, unfortunately I don't understand. Is it possible to have a substitled version?

Sometimes you need a one party state to build a state 26:00

Some people are shallow minded do you Ghana would've been close to this Ghana if those things didn't happen,ghanaians are just like the old Israelites

I think the Governement must look for Peter Tasiru and compensate him. Boakye Gyan, and co. who corrupted themselves after the revolution and now lying about Rawlings must apologize.

interview adabuga and akatapori nice1

June 4th was not everyone’s redemption day. The fact that Rawlings was not present at the executions does not absolve him of involvement. The dyers hands will always be stained by the elements he has to work with. Let’s call a spade a spade.

I love this guy and this interview