{"id":993,"date":"2020-07-05T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storyline.derrickbasoah.com\/?p=993"},"modified":"2020-07-05T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T16:39:30","slug":"president-kufuor-recounts-prison-experience-it-was-so-humiliating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storylinegh.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/05\/president-kufuor-recounts-prison-experience-it-was-so-humiliating\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kufuor Recounts Prison Experience &#8211; \u2018It Was So Humiliating\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has recounted his incarceration at the Ussher Fort Prison many years ago.<br><br>He describes as humiliating, the 15-month period he had to be imprisoned together with other members of the Busia-led government after they were overthrown in 1972.<br><br>Kufuor who was a young politician at age 34 and a deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs during the time he was arrested and detained for no reason moments after the coup d\u2019etat.<br><br>Revisiting the sad story 48 years after on Foot Prints on Citi TV, the ex-president said the experience will go down in history as one of the shameful moments of his life.<br><br>\u201cWe were kept there and I stayed there for a year and three months. The Senior Ministers were there for 18 months. We all lived in there with no charges. It was such an experience so humiliating. I was there on 13th January 1972 but I didn\u2019t come out until March 6, 1973. With all due respect, some of the big people [who are humans] had to [bath and attend to nature\u2019s call] in the open. Can you imagine? Humiliating that was what it was,\u201d he told host of Foot Prints, Samuel Attah-Mensah.<br><br>According to the former statesman, he is yet to come to terms with why a government with many intelligent and knowledgeable members will be made to bristle with indignity after their forceful removal from power.<br><br>\u201cI wondered why all these well-meaning and brilliant people couldn\u2019t hold power and we allowed ourselves to be kicked out by someone know body knew,\u201d Kufuor remarked.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Citinews \/ Citi TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has recounted his incarceration at the Ussher Fort Prison many years ago. 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