…They Called Him a Liar. They Destroyed Him. Today, Time Has Exposed the Truth.
There is something deeply disturbing about how Ghana treats people who stand up for the weak.
Rev. Lawrence Lamina did not fight for power. He did not fight for money. He fought for orphans, the blind, the crippled, and the forgotten residents of Echoing Hills Village. And for that we destroyed him.
In November 2018, when he marched with vulnerable children and persons with disabilities to protest the alleged sale of land meant for their survival, some Ghanaians mocked him and called him noisy. Dramatic. Attention-seeking.
Instead of protecting him, they watched silently as his name was dragged through the mud.
In 2019, a brutal smear campaign dubbed the torture home orchestrated by the late Anthony Mensah painted him as a monster. False allegations of child abuse were splashed across the media, shredding his dignity and poisoning public opinion. A man who had given his life to the vulnerable was reduced to a public villain overnight.
And we believed it.
The media circus that followed including the involvement of figures like Anas Aremyaw Anas left scars that may never fully heal. Whether through manipulation, deception, or convenience, the effect was the same: Rev. Lamina was buried under a mountain of suspicion.
But truth has a stubborn way of resurfacing.
Today, the very thing he warned about has happened.
The land is gone.
Large portions of the Echoing Hills property land meant for orphans and persons living with disabilities have reportedly been carved up and sold. The vulnerable have been squeezed into shrinking space while private interests flourish on what was once sacred ground.
And the man he accused, Anthony Mensah, AKA ‘Paul Saul’, is no longer alive to answer questions.
What remains are the consequences: displaced hope, broken trust, and a nation forced to confront an uncomfortable question , did we crucify an innocent man?
Rev. Lamina’s greatest crime was refusing to be silent. He stood in the way of powerful interests and paid the ultimate social price. His reputation was shredded. His dignity was stripped. His name became a cautionary tale.
And we watched.
Now, as the residents of Echoing Hills cry out again over encroachment and betrayal, the silence is louder than ever. The same voices that once mocked Lamina are nowhere to be found. The same society that judged him so quickly is suddenly unsure where to stand.
But moral cowardice does not erase guilt.
We must confront the truth:
We failed him.
We failed the orphans.
We failed the disabled.
We failed justice.
This is not just about one man’s vindication. It is about a nation’s conscience.
Because when a society destroys the credibility of those who defend the weak, it sends a dangerous message:
Today most of the disability persons have left the orphanage and gone back to the streets to beg for food and alms because nothing remains at the orphanage to feed them.Orphans and persons living with disabilities have returned to the streets, alleging ongoing encroachment and land sales linked to earlier transactions.
That truth does not matter.
That power always wins.
That the vulnerable are expendable.
Rev. Lawrence Lamina may never recover what was taken from him , his name, his peace, his honour. But history is slowly rewriting his story, not as a villain, but as a lonely voice who saw the storm before it came.
The real question now is not whether he has been vindicated.
It is whether we have the courage to admit that we were wrong.
And whether, this time, we will finally stand with the people he never stopped fighting for.
Investigations reveal that the pictures and videos shown on national tv purported s depicting abuse of children at the orphanage were orchestrated and were taken when Rev. Lamina had travelled outside the country. He had no idea about how those =videos were obtained or they came by them Today, Rev, Lamina is alive and running a non profit organization he established forty years ago and many young men he trained over time are still working with him while some are working in various fields in Ghana.
Echoing Hills village is a facility established to improve the lives of persons with disabilities and the vulnerable.lt also provides skills like carpentry, agricuture, animal husbandry education etc. There are no more of such programs because no space to run it. The residents needs these skills to reintegrated into the society. Its was providing skills and education,.
