@ayeduase.nkrumah: The victims were Justice Cecilia Koranteng-Addow, Justice Frederick Poku Sarkodee, Justice Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong, and retired Major Sam Acquah. They were taken from their homes between 9:00 pm and 10:30 pm on the night of 30 June 1982, during the hours of a night time curfew, and transported to the Bundase military range and assassinated The three High Court Justices and Major Acquah had recently handled cases involving the freeing of individuals who were convicted during the 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). regime. Following intense pressure that was mounted on Rawlings and the PNDC, a Special Investigation Board was formed by the government to investigate the murders. Some PNDC members were suspects They were Lance Corporal Samuel Amedeka, Michael Senyah, Tekpor Hekli, Johnny Dzandu, and former PNDC member Amartey Quaye. In June 1983, before the trial could be completed, Amedeka escaped from the Nsawam and Ussher Fort prisons where they were being held, and left Ghana. Senya, Hekli, Dzandu, and Amartey Quaye a former PNDC member, were found guilty of murder, sentenced to death by firing squad in 1983. Over four decades after the killing of the three high court judges and the retired military officer, Ghana has not forgotten the incident In memory of the victims, the Ghana Bar Association and the Judicial Service declared 30 June each year as Martyrs' Day a solemn occasion on which Ghana reaffirms its commitment to the rule of law and judicial independence. In the forecourt of the Supreme Court building in Accra, three bronze busts stand in a memorial bearing the inscription "Martyrs of the Rule of Law" #ghanatiktok🇬🇭 #ghana #fyp #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #viral

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