Did Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia play a role in the killing of Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso? Please see below what I know, what I have read, as well as what I was told by credible People: President William R. Tolbert was a friend of President Houphouet Boigny of the Ivory Coast. • One of President Tolbert’s son was A.B. Tolbert. • A. B. Tolbert married an Ivorian lady, Desiree Daisy Delafosse. • Desiree Daisy Delafosse was a best friend of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. • President Houphouet-Boigny treated Desiree Daisy Delafosse as an adopted daughter. That meant Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was a “friend of the daughter of the then Ivorian President”. William R. Tolbert was killed in a coup détat on April 12 1980. His son A.B. Tolbert was also killed. The 1980 Coup détat brought Master Sargent Samue k. Doe to power as the first native President of Liberia. • The late A.B. Tolbert’s wife, Desiree Daisy Delafosse returned to her adopted father (Houphouet-Boigny) in the Ivory Coast after the death of her husband. • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was also unhappy about the killing of the husband of her friend. Houphouet-Boigny was also unhappy with the Doe administration because of the deaths of his son-in-law, and his friend William R. Tolbert. The deaths of Tolbert, and his son caused President Boigny to support Charles Taylor’s NPFL against President Samuel Doe. The Burkinabe leader Blaise Compaore was also a significant element in the regional political affairs. • Like A.B. Tolbert, Blaise Compaore also married to an Ivorian lady, Chantale Terrasson. • Blaise Compaore’s wife Chantale Terrasson was a very close friend of Widow Desiree Daisy Delafosse who is also a friend of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. These connections made Copaore’s relationships with both Taylor, and Houphouet-Boigny central to the NPFL’s ability to mount a campaign from the Ivory Coast against the Doe regime. These same connections may have also placed Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the Zenth of Charles Taylor’s NPFL leadership. However, there may be other reasons behind the involvements of the two French speaking leaders (Copaore, and Houphouet-Boign ) in the affairs of Liberia other then what we all know. According to information, President Copaore was part of the generally conservative Francophone camp within the West African sub-region, as well as viewing himself as a leader of the revolutionary left. • Copaore was grateful to Houphouet-Boign, the elder statesman of the region for having welcomed the coup, which had brought him to power in 1987. • Blaise Copaore was able to pursue his revolutionary path by giving support to Charles Taylor’s insurrection, which was aimed at overthrowing a dictator. But that was not all; other sources revealed, “It also suited his Francophone fellow-presidents-who wanted to confront the Anglo-Saxon presence in the region-to promote a rebellion which would dilute American influence, by overthrowing President Samuel K. Doe”. For a moment, let’s look at how Blaise Copaore got his power. • “On 15 October 1987, a Burkina Faso Head of State (Thomas Sankara), was killed by an armed gang with twelve other officials in a coup détat organized by Burkina Faso’s current President, Blaise Compaore”. • Interestingly, Blaise Copaore was not the only one involved in the coup détat that brought him to power in 1987. Some Liberians were involved!!!! Prince Johnson a former Liberian warlord told Liberias Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that: • Charles Taylor engineered the killing of Thomas Sankara. • Prevailing information also suggests that in 1987, the year of the killing of Tomas Sankara, the wife of Blaise Compaore still had close relationship with Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. • During this same period, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was touring the West African sub-region, and the world demonizing the Samuel Doe administration. • Sirleaf was a significant Liberian opposition political figure at that time especially after the presidential election of 15 October 1985, which featured five different political parties, with televised debates involving all five candidates. Note: “When Liberia’s 1985 election commission said President Doe got 51 percent of the vote, and the opposition shared the remaining 49 percent Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf declared that President Doe stole the 1985 presidential election”. “ On 12 November 1985, former Army Commanding Gen. Thomas Quiwonkpa invaded Liberia by way of neighboring Sierra Leone. Quiwonkpa almost succeeded in toppling the government of Samuel Doe. Members of the Armed Forces of Liberia repelled Quiwonkpas attack and executed him in Monrovia”. The wife of the late Quiwonkpa, accused Ellen Johnson-sirleaf of influencing her husband to carry out subversive activities against the Doe regime. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has not denied Quiwonkpa’s wife allegation. So, what now?? Well, • Two years after the killing of Sankara of Burkina Faso, Charles Taylor lunched his NPFL revolution to outs the Samuel Doe regime in Liberia. • In fact most of Taylor’s fighting men were either trained in Burkina Faso or Lybia. • In most part, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf sat at the zenth of Charles Taylor’s NPFL leadership giving orders to fighting men as well as soliciting international financial supports for the NPFL. The big question to me is, given all of the above connections, What are the possibilities of the direct, or indirect involvement of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the killing of Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso? What is your take? Please, no personal attack on the President.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:45:48 +0000
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