Martyrs Day: Military must be involved in celebration, says GBA PRO
A day- Martyrs Day, has been set aside annually in Ghana to remember the deaths of the three high court judges
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is advocating for the inclusion of the Military in the annual celebration of the murder of the three High Court Judges also known as Martyrs Day.
The three high court judges, Justice Fred Poku Sarkodie, Justice Cecilia Koranteng-Addow, Justice Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong and a a retired military officer, Major Sam Acquah, were abducted on the evening of 30 June 1982, and brutally murdered at the Bundase Military Range in the Accra Plains.
The three high court judges were martyred and are remembered in an annually in Ghana on the anniversary of their deaths that is called Martyrs Day.
A day- Martyrs Day, has been set aside annually in Ghana to remember the deaths of the three high court judges.
Their busts have been erected at the Forecourt of the Supreme Court building in Accra known as the ‘Martyrs of the Rule of Law’.
Speaking to Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday (28 June) ahead of this years celebration, PRO of GBA Saviour Kudze said the celebration is to help avert the occurrence such tragic incident in Ghana’s history.
“Interestingly enough, over the years that I have been part of this celebration, I haven’t seen the army represented, I cannot explain why. But I think going forward, we can rope them in after 42 years because they were also part of the gruesome murders.”
“Two years is a long time for people to forget about it, but the family may not have forgotten about it. The reason for the celebration is to remember ourselves, where we have come from, and ensure that such a thing will not happen again in our country,” Kudze said.
Listen to Saviour Kudze in the attached audio clip below:
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
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