General News of Thursday, 8 August 2024

Source: mynewsgh.com

I was jailed by Rawlings three month before my promotion - Effah Darteh

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Nkrabeah Effah Dartey, a private legal practitioner and seasoned politician, has blamed his arrest on the late former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings.

He says he cannot point out why he was arrested and jailed for six months without trial.

Nkrabeah Effah Dartey says his arrest came a few months before he would have been promoted to captain in the Ghana Armed Forces.

β€œYes, I was jailed by him. In fact, three months before my promotion, I was supposed to be promoted to captain, and I was going around chasing the Military Secretary and the Ministry of Defense for my promotion from Lieutenant to Captain.

"Around that time, just as the publication was due that Lieutenant Effah Darteh was promoted to captain, I was arrested. I was arrested as a Lieutenant, and it was because of him. He orchestrated my arrest. I was detained for six months at Nsawam, and I was not tried, I was not queried,” he said on Accra-based Joy Prime.