Mr John Alex Hammah, an Industrial and Public Relations Consultant, on Tuesday told the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) that he was unlawfully detained for one-and-a-half years during the National Redemption Council (NRC) regime and tortured till he forgot his own name.
He said his unlawful detention was because of a false accusation of financing a coup plot against the NRC led by the late General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
Mr Hammah said in 1973, he returned to Ghana from Nigeria where he lived and worked as a writer and publisher to sell a book he had written -Farewell Africa – and to invest in other business.
He said the book sold like hot cake and as a result he raised money, some of which he decided to invest in the cattle rearing business. He said that was then the most lucrative business and was mainly in the hands of soldiers.
Source: GhanaWeb
