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The June 4th Revolution or June 4th Uprising was a popular and violent uprising in Ghana in 1979 that arose out of a combination of corruption, bad governance, lack of discipline in the army and frustrations in the army and among the general public.〔()〕 ==Cause== It was sparked when the then military government of the Supreme Military Council (SMC II) of General F K. Akuffo put then flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on public trial for attempting to overthrow the government on May 15th 1979. This happened because Rawlings was a junior soldier in the Ghanaian Army who with other soldiers were refused to be given their salaries. (See: Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Ghana Rawlings turned the trial against the government by accusing it of massive corruption and requesting that his fellow accused be set free as he was soly responsible for the mutiny. He was incacerated for sentencing. His diatribe resonated with the entire nation as there was massive suffering. In the night of June 3rd 1979, junior military officers including Major Boakye Djan broke into the jail where Rawlings was being held and freed him, and ostensibly matched him to the national Radio station to make an announcement. The first the public heard from Rawlings was a now legendary statement that he Rawlings had been released by the junior officers and that he was under their command. he requested all soldiers to meet with them at the Nicholson stadium in Burma Camp in Accra. The entire nation went up in uproar. There soldiers rounded up senior military officers including three former heads of states, Generals Akuffo, Ignatious Kutu Acheampong and Afrifa for trial. they were subsequently executed by firing squad. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「June 4th revolution in Ghana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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