General News of Saturday, 2 October 2021Source: ghanaianmuseum.comMajor General Robert Kotei was a soldier, politician and a track & field athlete who held the Ghanaian high jump record for many years. At the games, Robert Kotei placed 3rd with a jump of two meters and was Ghana’s only medalist at the games. At the 1960 Academy Athletics Championship, Robert Kotei, won the high jump competition with a leap of 2.06 meters. Major General Robert Kotei was however executed by firing squad, together with General Fred Akuffo, also a former Head of state and Lieutenant General Akwasi Afrifa, Colonel Roger Felli, Air Vice Marshal George Yaw Boakye and Rear Admiral Joy Amedume. On 27 December 2001, two of the eight, Major General Kotei and Air-Vice Marshal Boakye were buried with full military honours at the Osu Military Cemetery in Accra.

Source: GhanaWeb October 02, 2021 16:05 UTC