Madam Elizabeth Asantewaa, now an old Ghanaian woman who was tasked to launch a bomb attack on Ghana’s first president without her knowing is currently in pain as she has been neglected.
This came out in an interview with Crime Check Foundation sighted by Dicytrends.com on the official YouTube channel of the charity organization.
According to the woman, the incident happened on March 6, 1964, when she was at the age of 13, she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah at Independence Square of Ghana.
Little did the young, innocent, and unsuspecting girl know that the bouquet given to her by the mastermind, Mallam Toura, contained a bomb that was meant to take the life of the president at the time. When the bomb went off, the president was fortunately not injured but the young girl lost her leg and has reportedly been in pain and suffering since that fateful day. Dr. Nkrumah reportedly visited her on different occasions when he was president and supported her till he was overthrown.
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According to Asantewaa, she has been neglected by successive governments and is only waiting for death to send her home. She also talked about how people point fingers at her because of the incident that happened that faithful day. The Crime Check Foundation visited the woman and gave her money and some items from their donors as part of the organization’s Health Check Series to help her in her up keeping as she has been neglected.
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