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24.03.2003 General News

I Filmed Executions – Riad Admits

24.03.2003 LISTEN
By GNA

Mr Riad Hozaifeh, a confidant of ex-President Rawlings has confessed that he video-tapped the execution of some soldiers at the Airforce Base, Burma Camp, in Accra during the PNDC era. He explained that it was done because those in authority wanted it to be documented and kept in the archives.

He was reacting to comments made by the Editor of the Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako Jnr at the National Reconciliation Commission that he filmed scenes and executions carried out during the PNDC era.

Riad explained further that he was instructed to film those scenes for posterity so that skeptics and doubters would have material evidence of the killings. The films, according to him, are available and the Reconciliation Commission can secure them if it wants to. Riad also expressed his willingness to appear before the Commission if invited.

He stated that when former President Rawlings’ buddies, Amartey Kwei and Capt Kojo Lee were executed, there were rumours that they were not killed, but set free so the authorities decided to film all future executions and he was assigned that task.

Even though Riad was fuzzy about the actual capacity in which he acted during the PNDC era, he intimated that he drew his powers from ex-Chairman Rawlings.

He was arrested a few days after Kweku Baako made the allegations at the Reconciliation Commission, for allegedly possessing illegal arms and is on bail.

Riad condemned the Police for the raid on his and house and subsequent arrest saying that this is the third time that he had been searched since the NPP came to power.

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