Ghanaian ex-President Jerry John Rawlings popularly known as J J Rawlings or Papa J has given up the ghost, a few weeks after laying his late mother to rest.
JJ Rawlings was said to have had a brief illness beyond he finally died today Thursday 12th November, 2020, aged 73.
The State-owned Daily Graphic reported that the former President had been on admission at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for about a week for an undisclosed ailment, and that he had fell sick after his mother’s burial about three weeks ago. Ghgossip, however, reported that he had contracted the dreaded COVID-19 and was in the intensive care unit before giving up.
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Jerry John Rawlings was former Ghanaian military leader (4t hJune – 24th September, 1979, then 31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993) and subsequent politician who ruled the country from 1993 to 2001 as the first President of the 4th Ghanaian Republic.
Wow tomorrow is never promised ampa ?♂️
RIP Papa J J Rawlings pic.twitter.com/mLRMelFKXY
— OPANKA ?? (@OpankaGH) November 12, 2020
Wow tomorrow is never promised ampa ?♂️
RIP Papa J J Rawlings pic.twitter.com/mLRMelFKXY
— OPANKA ?? (@OpankaGH) November 12, 2020
This truly is a sad day, a sad day indeed…
We’ve lost a true Ghanaian Hero,
Rest well Ex President Flt. Lt. J.J.Rawlings.
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— “????? ???????” ??? ??? (@ELgh_) November 12, 2020
Am sorry to hear this. May your country be comforted and may his family find peace and strength at this difficult time
— GINA DIN (@gina_din) November 12, 2020
