That honour was bestowed on Erasmus Ransford Tawiah Madjitey (ERT Madjitey) who before then was deputy to the outgone commissioner, Arthur Lewin Alexander. Madjitey who was the fifth of seven children started his education at Obenyemi, where he lived with his uncle Mr. J. The failed assassination led to a removal of ERT Madjitey and the top six officers in the police hierarchy. With the ban imposed on several figures and political parties by the National Liberation Council, E.R.T. ERT Madjitey after being released from detention came to serve as a member of the Constitutional Drafting Commission which drew up the Constitution for Ghana's Third Republic between 1977 and 1978.

Source: GhanaWeb August 22, 2022 06:36 UTC