Dr. Tony Aidoo, a former senior presidential aide to President John Mahama, not President Akufo Addo, shared his views on the brutality displayed during the 1960s, particularly against the Ashante people. Drawing from his personal experience, Dr. Aidoo explained that the National Liberation Movement (NLM) was marked by violence and brutality, which he witnessed firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Aidoo recounted a horrific incident where a young Fante woman sought refuge in his grandmother’s compound, only to be caught and brutally killed by NLM stalwarts from the palace. This traumatic experience, which occurred when Dr. Aidoo was just six years old, left an indelible mark on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unjust treatment of the Ashante people during this period led to Dr. Aidoo’s disillusionment with the United Party (UP). His personal account highlights the devastating consequences of political violence and brutality, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dr. Tony Aidoo Recounts Brutality Against Ashante People in the 1960s<\/p>\n
Dr. Tony Aidoo, a former senior presidential aide to President John Mahama, not President Akufo Addo, shared his views on the brutality displayed during the 1960s, particularly against the Ashante people. Drawing from his personal experience, Dr. Aidoo explained that the National Liberation Movement (NLM) was marked by violence and brutality, which he witnessed firsthand.<\/p>\n
Dr. Aidoo recounted a horrific incident where a young Fante woman sought refuge in his grandmother’s compound, only to be caught and brutally killed by NLM stalwarts from the palace. This traumatic experience, which occurred when Dr. Aidoo was just six years old, left an indelible mark on him.<\/p>\n
The unjust treatment of the Ashante people during this period led to Dr. Aidoo’s disillusionment with the United Party (UP). His personal account highlights the devastating consequences of political violence and brutality, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5703,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions\/5703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}