Benard Mornah, the flagbearer of the People’s National Convention Party (PNC) speaking with ABC News Ghana, stated that the 28th February shooting should remind the country of the ills of colonialism.
Speaking to ABC News GH at the 77th anniversary of Christiansborg Crossroads Shooting stressed that the three servicemen painfully died at the expense of their families to get our independence established, and the country is still in the sharks of colonial powers.
On February 28, 1948, what was meant to be a peaceful march by World War II veterans demanding their unpaid benefits turned into a tragic confrontation that changed the course of Ghana’s history.
As the ex-servicemen approached Christiansborg Castle, colonial police, under the command of Superintendent Colin Imray, opened fire, killing three veterans—Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe, and Private Odartey Lamptey.
Their deaths sparked nationwide protests, intensified calls for self-governance, and became a catalyst for Ghana’s independence movement.
“They fought for our liberation and through that Kwame Nkrumah was arrested. That escalated the momentum for our independence. That independence we have has today been auctioned.
‘Everything about our state have been given to the same Europeans who came in disguise in the first instance. Today they are here.”
“Which institution of our land is not being controlled by IMF, World Bank or any of the European institutions,” he stressed.
Executive Director of Veteran Association, Ghana (VAG), Captain Ben Edmund Duah, during the event also called on the government and the general public to support the living veterans in the country as the country marks the 77th anniversary of the 28th February shooting.
Today, as the country commemorates the moment in Ghana’s struggle for independence, the Veterans Association is calling for the government’s support for the elderly.
