Retired Captain Joel Sowu has shared astonishing revelations about a prophecy predicting the coup against former President Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in July 1978.
In an interview on the YouTube series “45 Years On: Memories of Ghana 1979” with Kafui Dey, Capt. Sowu recounted how a prophetess had warned Acheampong about an imminent betrayal from his inner circle.
“Acheampong was cocooned. When he was cocooned, then came the palace coup to happen. Because that palace coup would not have happened if he had listened,” he said.
According to Capt. Sowu, during a gathering, a prophetess delivered a chilling prophecy to Acheampong.
According to Capt. Sowu, during a gathering, a prophetess delivered a chilling prophecy to Acheampong.
“There was a woman there, that woman was a prophetess. And she was prophesying and she said (to Acheampong) that a time will come when your own people will betray you and the people around you will be part of it,” he recounted.
Despite the gravity of the prophetess’s warning, Acheampong’s associates dismissed her words.
The prophetess’s prophecy included a specific directive for Acheampong to avoid going to work on a certain day.
“The people around immediately said, ‘Oh no, there is nothing like that,’ and the prophetess told Acheampong on this day don’t go to work,” Capt. Sowu revealed.
On that fateful day, a young boy claiming to be a man of God arrived at Burma Camp with an urgent message for Acheampong.
“The people thought the small boy had smoked weed, and he [the small boy] told them that Acheampong should not leave the house,” Capt. Sowu continued.
Disregarding the boy’s warning, Acheampong left his home and, as predicted by the prophecy, never returned.