Friday, April 28th 1967.
Footage of the start of the trial before a military tribunal of the young army officers who carried out an attempted coup on April 17th 1967.
On trial were Lt. Samuel Arthur, Lt. Moses Yeboah and Second Lieutenant Ebenezer Osei-Poku. All three men pleaded not guilty.
The five-man tribunal which was chaired by Air Marshal Michael Otu, heared that the officers were accused of conspiring to kill Lt. Gen. Joseph Ankrah and Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Kotoka of the ruling National Liberation Council (NLC) with the objective of securing the overthrow of the military government. In outlining the charges, the Attorney-General of Ghana, Mr. Victor Owusu, stated that the coup, dubbed "Operation Guitar Boy", sought the murder of 8 of the member of the NLC and all senior army officers; the evidence he claimed being found in a written document authored by Lt. Arthur.
Mr. Owusu told the tribunal that Lt. Arthur gathered men of a 120-man squadron near the border with Togo for exercises on the night of Sunday, April 16th. Arthur then divided the men into four squadrons to take the airport in Accra; Osu House, the seat of government; Army Headquarters at Flagstaff House; and Radio Ghana.
Lt. Arthur made a premature announcement at the radio station of the success of the coup. Arthur was also accused of killing an army captain who refused to give him ammunition. 2nd Lt. Osei-Poku, who had graduated from military academy five months earlier, entered Osu (Christianbourg) Castle intending to kill Lt. Gen. Ankrah who escaped. Lt. Yeboah was alleged to have killed Lt. Gen. Kotoka whose body was discovered at a spot in Accra airport with ten bullet wounds.
All three men were found guilty and sentenced on Friday, May 5th 1967 -Lt. Arthur and Lt. Yeboah to death and 2nd Lt. Osei-Poku to 30-years imprisonment. Arthur and Yeboah were executed on Tuesday, May 9th 1967.
Film Footage: Reuters News Archive.
Music: "Military Perscussion (1)" by Chris Karan.
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