Kwesi Pratt Jnr, a Veteran journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, has tackled Paul Adom-Otchere following his recent historical claims regarding Dr Kwame Nkrumah and General Kotoka.
According to Kwesi Pratt Jnr, he feels pity for Paul Adom-Otchere as he does not grasp Ghana’s historical facts.
Mr Pratt argued that Adom-Otchere’s public narratives are often at odds with documented facts and advised him to read and stop talking like an ignorant person.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on February 11, 2026, Kwesi Pratt stated, “I can help, but I really feel pity for Paul Adom-Otchere, I mean his total disregard of fact is shocking. There is a guy who has written a brilliant article, his name is Ekow Nelson, explaining all of this. We need to emphasise the study of history, especially by our leaders and Public speakers.
Our understanding of history is warped and not based on fact. Because Paul’s presentation is an indication of the extent to which our understanding of history is warped and not based on facts.Okay, one: let us take a look at the Preventive Detention Act. He sees the Preventive Detention Act as an act of a tyrant in Nkrumah, who does not believe in the rule of law and so on. Now, what is the reality? The reality is that today there is no country in the world—and I emphasise that—which does not have preventive detention or the other. So I want to say that today all the governments in the world are headed by tyrants?
Kwesi Pratt further criticised Adom-Otchere for displaying ignorance, urging Paul to desist from making uninformed comments, adding that certain historical narratives, including the 1966 coup, must be properly contextualised.
“I will advise Paul to read enough. He should read and stop talking like an ignorant person. It is complete ignorance displayed with confidence and bravado,” he stated.
Speaking on historical facts, Kwesi Pratt detailed that the 1966 coup was not organised by Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kotoka.
According to him, Nkrumah’s overthrow was instigated, sponsored and organised by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States, insisting that evidence exists to support that position.
“All of this emphasises the need for Ghana as a country to place some emphasis on the teaching of history. Because if we don’t, we are going to get leaders who don’t know anything about our history and who, on the basis of their own conjecture, will make policies,” he appealed.
Also, Kwesi Pratt Jnr advised Adom-Otchere to read ‘The Great Deception: How the CIA Overthrew Nkrumah – JFK’s Ordeal in Africa’, to understand the events surrounding the 1966 coup.
Kwasi Pratt comments follow Paul Adom-Otchere, who listed the ills of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which ended with Lieutenant Colonel Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka masterminding a coup against him on February 24, 1966.
Adom-Otchere, over the weekend on JoyNews NewsFile, detailed his claimed terrible things Kwame Nkrumah did, which, according to him, warranted his overthrow in 1966.
He claimed that Nkrumah’s amendment of the Constitution of Ghana to make himself a lifetime president of Ghana, also changed the national flag of Ghana to his party flag and prosecuted his political opponents.
Speaking during a panel discussion on JoyNews’ NewsFile on February 7, 2026, Adom-Otchere stated, “The 1960 Constitution, which Nkrumah put together, which I have in front of me. Nkrumah’s name was buried in the Constitution, Article 10, where it talks about Kwame Nkrumah as president of Ghana.”
“There’s also a bit more… There was an amendment to the 1960 Constitution in 1964, and if you look at the amendment, it will interest you to know that the amendments provided in the 1964 amendment included the fact that Kwame Nkrumah was now able to dismiss judges. Yes, he was able to dismiss judges,” he said.
He added, “Now, there was nowhere else to go, because if you look at the amendment of the Constitution, Nkrumah had made himself a life president, and he had also made CPP the only legitimate party”.
“In fact, if you look at the usage of the PDA between 1958, when it was set up, and about 1961, it was minimal. But from 1961 to 1964, the PDA was railroading everywhere, and every home was afraid”.
“What we would like Ghanaians to see. And at the end of the day, the government will make its decision, and then we will have to decide whether it’s a political decision that we vote on the next time, or whatever we do”.
“But we cannot ignore history. We have to make obeisance to history. The history is that from 1960 up to the time Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966, he was a despot. He was not good for Ghana; he was terrible for Ghana,” he said.
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KIA Name Change: I feel pity for Paul Adom-Otchere; he doesn't know enough – Kwesi Pratt counters @AdomOtchere on the Nkrumah debate with history #GoodMorningGhana #MetroTV pic.twitter.com/5qW4wUp9kL
— Metro TV Ghana (@metrotvgh) February 11, 2026