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Sergeant Adjetey
Memorial of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey in Accra - Osu
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Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey in Accra - Osu
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The 28th February is significant for the
Government of Ghana, to lay wreaths in commemoration of what occurred in Accra on that day in 1948. There is also a road been named in remembrance.
Memorial of
Sergeant Adjetey,
Corporal Attipoe
and
Private Odartey Lamptey,
the three ex-servicemen who were gunned down at the Christianborg Crossroads on February 28, 1948, while going to present a petition to the British Colonial Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy.
They were Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey, all members of the
"Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force"
that fought alongside the allied forces
during the Second World War.
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On Saturday, February 28, 1948, a number of ex-servicemen were marching from Accra to Christianborg Castle to present a petition to the Governor on their unpaid war benefits when they were intercepted at the crossroads by a contingent of armed policemen.
The contingent led by British Superintendent Mr Imray ordered that they dispersed and when they refused to obey, he gave an order to the police to open fire and the three ex-servicemen were cold-blooded killed.
The ex-soldiers had fought alongside the allied forces in the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force during the Second World War and had returned home poor and were not paid their gratuities.
After several appeals to the colonial government to consider their plight had failed, the ex-servicemen decided that a direct approach should be made to the British Colonial Governor of the Gold Coast.
News about the death of the servicemen spread rapidly, leading to a situation where law and order broke down in Accra and other parts of the country.It encouraged anti-colonial movements to press the British government to institute a committee to investigate the killings and general disorder.
The Committee recommended self-government for the Gold Coast, which subsequently led to the attainment of political independence for the country.