With the Chief of Defence Staff also outside the jurisdiction at the time, Barwah, Chief of Army Staff, was the next in line and when the coup happened, he refused to yield or fall in line, as it was. He was shot on the spot, as detailed by the Royal Military Academy – Sandhurst. “The Chief of Defence Staff was abroad at a meeting so the ranking officer was Barwah, by now a Major General and Army Chief of Staff. Read the full extract from the Royal Military Academy about Major-General Barwah below:Charles Mohammed Barwah was born at Kumassi in the Gold Coast, a British Colony in West Africa, on 13th April 1929. The Chief of Defence Staff was abroad at a meeting so the ranking officer was Barwah, by now a Major General and Army Chief of Staff.

Source: GhanaWeb June 22, 2024 21:16 UTC