Wɔakyerɛw nsɛm yi wɔ Akuapem kasa mu Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (23 September 1931 – 16 June 1979) yɛ kane manpanyin a odi asraafo aban anim wɔ Ghana, na odii ade firi Junuary da ɛtɔ so 13 afe 1972 kosii July da ɛtɔ so 5, afe 1978 mu bre a wɔde abantuguo tuu no gui. Akyire wɔbɔɔ no tuo kuu no. Wɔ wɔɔ Acheampɔn wɔ Asante mantam a na n’awofo yɛ Cotholicfo. Ɔkɔɔ Raman Catholicfo sukuu a ɛwɔ Trabuom ne St. Peters sukuu a (ɛno nso yɛ Catholicfo dee) wɔ Kumasi, a ne nyinaa wɔ Asante Mantam mu wɔ Ghana. Ɔtoaa so kɔɔ sukuu a ɛde Central Commerce College a ɛwɔ Agona Swedru wo Mfinfin Mnatam mu wo Ghana. Wɔ faa no wɔ Ghana asraafo adwuma mu wɔ afe 1959 na oka Un banbɔfo a wɔkɔɔ Congo bre a nsɛmnsɛm sii. Acheampong tuu kabi ma me nka bi amanbuo an ɛyɛ Progress Party a wɔn kandifo ne Dr. Kofi Busia no gui a wanhwie mmogya angu wɔ January da ɛtɔ so 13, afe 1972 mu. ɔbɛyɛɛ manpanyin ne ɔkandifo maa National Redemption Council a akyire wɔdanee no yɛɛ Supreme Miltary Council wɔ October da ɛtɔ so 9, afe 1975 mu, wɔpagyaa Acheampong firi ne dibea a ɛne Colonel no mu kɔɔ General na wɔyɛɛ yɛ ɔkandifo.