Today In History: Exactly 37 Years Ago, An Abortive Coup Nearly Toppled The PNDC Government Of J.J Rawlings
Exactly 37 years ago, on 19 June 1983, Corporal Carlos Halidu Giwa led a group of rebels in an unsuccessful attempted coup d’etat which came very close to overthrowing the ruling Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) led by Flt. Lt Jerry John Rawlings. On 19 June 1983, rebel soldiers, based in Togo, attacked two prisons in … Read more