There have been speculations in the ndc communicators in Tamale in the northern region that, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown by the then leaders of Npp. But my research findings and investigations proved otherwise. on February 24, 1966, a small number of army officers and senior police officials, led by Colonel E.K. Kotoka, commander of the Second Army Brigade at Kumasi, Major A.A. Afrifa, staff officer in charge of army training and operations, Lieutenant General (retired) J.A. Ankra, and J.W.K. Harlley, who was also the police inspector general, successfully launched a coup detat against the Nkrumah regime. These army officers justified their takeover by charging that, the CPP administration was abusive and corrupt. These security officers were equally disturbed by Nkrumahs aggressive involvement in African politics and by his belief that Ghanaian troops could be sent anywhere in Africa to fight so-called liberation wars, even though they never did so. The new government, known as the National Liberation Council (NLC), justified its action by citing Nkrumahs abuse of power, widespread political repression, sharp economic decline, and rampant corruption as what is happening in this country. So these were some of the reason why Nkruma was overthrown. I could not fine any founding member or even the then mere sympathizer of Npp who were part of Nkruma’s coup detat, absolutely nobody in the Npp was part of this though I stand to be corrected.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:15:32 +0000
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