[Audio] WPA planned civil rebellion to overthrow PNC gov’t

Tacuma Ogunseye

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) member Tacuma Ogunseye yesterday testified that the WPA planned to overthrow the then PNC government in the late 1970s through a civil rebellion and attempted to win over the army as part of its efforts.

His testimony was the first detailed account under oath by a senior WPA member of the clandestine activities of the party in its bloody confrontation with the PNC government.

Giving evidence at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of WPA co-leader, historian Dr. Walter Rodney’s death, Ogunseye, however, said the party recognised that the