Kwesi Pratt, made these revelations in an interview with Kafui Dey aired on March 23, 2026. According to Kwesi Pratt, the late officer said the people who planned the coup had reached a stage of desperation, and he was forced to make a difficult decision. The people who were planning to overthrow Nkrumah were so vicious that they had reached the point of desperation. And staying alive meant that he had to go along with the conspiracy,” Kwesi Pratt shared. Instead, he pointed to a military officer known as Major Quarshie, who worked at the 37 Military Hospital then.

Source: GhanaWeb March 23, 2026 13:57 UTC