Historian Yaw Anokye Frimpong and a lawyer have shared how Ghana almost became a World Superpower under Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
The historian lamented that Ghana would have become a World Superpower if Kwame Nkrumah had not overthrown as President.
According to Yaw Anokye Frimpong, Kwame Nkrumah was going to build an atomic bomb, which is known today as a nuclear bomb.
The Historian revealed that the United Nations (UN), under the Atom for Food, authorised Kwame Nkrumah to build the Nuclear bomb.
He detailed that Americans were afraid of Kwame Nkrumah and Ghana becoming a Superpower which led to the coup against him.
The Historian highlighted that Kwame Nkrumah’s overthrow had nothing to do with Democracy but the threat he posed at the time.
Speaking on UTV in a one-on-one interview, Yaw Anokye Frimpong detailed, “In 1960, Nkrumah was going to build a nuclear bomb in Ghana. In the olden days in was known as the Atomic Bomb. He was going to build some here, that is what is known as the Kwabenya Atomic today. If he had not overthrown, Ghana would have become a World power.
The Americans were afraid of him. When the coup happened, the Americans told Kotoka and Afrifa that they needed only two things. They wanted to know the mind of Nkrumah, so no one should touch his books or papers in his room. So, all of Nkrumah’s library at his home was ransacked by the CIA, and they also came for all the equipment he was going to use for the Nuclear weapon.
Kotoka and Afrifa gave the equipment to the CIA, which got the Russians mad because it was Russian technology”.
He further added, “A lot of people do not know that it was the UN that permitted Nkrumah to do it under the Atom for food, the UN passed it, and they were looking for one African country to give them the clearance to build the nuclear and Ghana won. South Africa wanted it, but they had the Apartheid, Egypt also wanted it, but they were Arabs, so Nkrumah bidded, and he won, so the whole world accepted it.
Later, they realised the Atomic Bomb will make Ghana a superpower, so they had to remove Nkrumah. The removal of Nkrumah had nothing to do with Democracy”.
The Historian further fired shots at Ghana’s Democratic leaders after Kwame Nkrumah.
Yaw Anokye Frimpong, “Those who wanted Democracy after Kwame Nkrumah, who was able to build a University like Legon, KNUST or Cape Coast? Who has been able to build a Hospital like the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, and for Korle Bu, it was just one building before Nkrumah, and he made it the second biggest Hospital in Africa.
I will take out Mahama, who has built the University of Ghana Medical Centre and the Airport; he has done very well. What did the rest do?”.
In related news, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, a Veteran journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, has said that claims that General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka staged the February 24, 1966, coup against Kwame Nkrumah are completely falsifying history.
According to Kwesi Pratt, the coup against Kwame Nkrumah was planned, sponsored and activated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America, with Kotoka, Afrifa and others being mere fronts.
In a post shared on X, Kwesi Prat wrote, “To claim that General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka staged the February 24, 1966, coup against Nkrumah is to completely falsify history.
The fact is that the coup was planned, sponsored and activated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America and that Kotoka, Afrifa and others were mere fronts.
The facts have been made public in the declassified documents of the CIA on the coup, which have been compiled in the book “The Great Deception – How the CIA Overthrew Nkrumah” authored by the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG).
Copies of this book are available at the Freedom Bookshop, 16 Laimomo Close, Asylum Down, Accra, Ghana. The Bookshop can also be reached on telephone, 050462184. Digital Address – GA 048-5576”.
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