Akwasi Afrifa

Lieutenant General **Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa** (24 Eprel 1936 - 26 June 1979) bụ onye agha Ghana, onye ọrụ ugbo, onye ọchịchị ọdịnala na onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. Ọ bụ onye isi ala nke Ghana na onye ndú nke gọọmentị ndị agha na 1969 wee bụrụ onyeisi oche nke Kọmitii Onye isi ala n'etiti afọ 1969 na 1970. Ọ gara n'ihu dị ka onye ọrụ ugbo na onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. A họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye omeiwu na 1979, mana e gburu ya tupu ya enwee ike ịnọdụ n'oche ya. E gburu ya na ndị isi ala abụọ ọzọ, General Kutu Acheampong na General Fred Akuffo, na ndị ọchịagha ise ndị ọzọ (Utuka, Felli, Boakye, Robert Kotei na Amedume), na June 1979. A na-akpọkwa ya Okatakyie /ˈoʊkætʃiː/ Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa ma bụrụkwa *abakomahene* nke Krobo na mpaghara ọdịnala Asante-Mampong nke mpaghara Ashanti nke Ghana.

## Agụmakwụkwọ na ọzụzụ
Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Adisadel College, ọ sonyeere Ndị agha Ghana na 1957 ma zigara ya na Regular Officer's Special Training School. Site 'ebe ahụ, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Mons Officer Cadet, Aldershot, England na 1958. Ọ gụsịrị ọzụzụ ndị isi na Sandhurst" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England. N'afọ 1961, ọ nọ na School of Infantry, Hythe, United Kingdom.

Afrifa gakwara kọleji nchekwa, na Teshie na Accra . 

## Ọrụ
N'afọ 1960, e nyere Afrifa ọrụ dị ka onye isi nke abụọ na Ndị agha Ghana. Site na 1962 ruo 1964, ọ bụ onye isi ndị agha. Ọ gara kọleji Defence, na Teshie na Accra. Afrifa bụ otu n'ime ndị isi jere ozi na ndị agha Ghana nke United Nations Operation na Congo .  Afrifa rịgooro n'ọkwa ka ọ bụrụ onye isi.  bụkwa onye isi ndị ọrụ na-ahụ maka ọzụzụ na ọrụ ndị agha site na 1965.  nọ na Kumasi, n'isi ụlọ ọrụ nke Second Infantry Brigade (nke bụzi Central Command) nke Ghana Army.

## ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị

### 24 Febụwarị 1966
 While at Kumasi, Afrifa became friends with Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, then a colonel and the commander of the Second Infantry Brigade. At the time, Ghana had become a one-party state, political opposition was effectively removed with the Preventive Detention Act of 1958 and in 1964 Kwame Nkrumah declared himself president for life. Simultaneously, the export price of Ghana's main foreign exchange earner, cocoa, plummeted. This, combined with ambitious domestic expenditure on much needed social infrastructure and on well documented white elephants, led to the bankruptcy of Ghana. There was a lot of discontent among the general population as prices rocketed for basic consumer goods which were widely unavailable, and among the Ghana Armed Forces. Nkrumah had asked the military at the time to prepare for a possible campaign in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) against the racist régime that had been established there. Under the pretext of a training exercise, Kotoka, moved his troops from Kumasi to Accra for the coup. Afrifa was his right-hand man in the coup exercise. It turned out later that, unhappy with Nkrumah's strengthening ties with Russia, China and other communist states, the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States had been kept updated about preparations for this coup and may have helped create difficulties for the Nkrumah government to facilitate this. The coup plotters struck while Nkrumah was on a trip to Hanoi, then the capital of North Vietnam. Afrifa's brief was to take the Broadcasting House, the base from which the national radio station broadcast its news and programmes. This succeeded after heavy fighting, allowing Kotoka to go on air to announce the coup d'état to the whole nation.

### Ebubo nke arụrụala
E nweela ebubo site n'aka ndị otu Nkrumah's Presidential Detail Department (PDD) na-ahụ maka nchebe onwe onye nke Nkrumah na a tara ha ahụhụ, ụfọdụ n'ime ha n'ihu Kotoka, J. W. K. Harlley na Afrifa. Martin Okai, onye otu PDD, kwuru na National Reconciliation Commission na-ege ntị na ọ bụ Afrifa lekọtara mmekpa ahụ ya.

### Oge n'ọchịchị
Mgbe nnupụisi ahụ gasịrị, Kotoka ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị otu asatọ nke National Liberation Council (NLC). Afrifa gakwara 'usoro nkwalite ngwa ngwa site na onye isi ruo Lieutenant General n'ime afọ atọ gọọmentị ya nọ n'ọchịchị.  họpụtakwara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi (onye ozi) maka ego na azụmahịa. A manyere onye isi ala Ghana na onye isi oche nke NLC, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ịgba arụkwaghịm n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1969 mgbe ihe ihere iri ngo metụtara Francis Nzeribe, onye ọchụnta ego Naijiria. Afrifa nọchiri ya dị ka onye isi ala.  boro Ankrah ebubo ịkwụ ụgwọ iji metụta nsonaazụ nke ntuli aka nke gosiri ya n'ihu Afrifa na Kofi Abrefa Busia maka ntuli aka mba nke ga-eme n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ afọ 1969. [1] [2] Afrifa  onye na-akwado Busia, onye ndú nke Progress Party bụ onye na'asọmpi na ntuli aka National Assembly na-abịanụ. [1] Afrifa nyefere Busia onye ghọrọ praịm minista nke Ghana na mwepụta nke Republic nke Abụọ. Ọ gara n'ihu dị ka onye isi oche nke Kọmitii Onye isi ala e guzobere ọhụrụ ruo n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ afọ 1970 mgbe Nii Amaa Ollennu, onye na-ekwuchitere ndị omeiwu na Republic nke Abụọ, nọchiri ya.

### Mgbalị maka ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya
Mgbe Acheampong na National Redemption Council kwaturu ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya nke Busia, e jidere Afrifa, onye a ma ama na-akwado Busia  ụbọchị abụọ ka e mesịrị na 15 Jenụwarị 1972 ma tụọ ya mkpọrọ ruo Disemba 1972.  Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya, Afrifa tinyere onwe ya n'ọrụ ugbo n'obodo ya bụ Mampong. 'afọ 1978, gọọmentị Supreme Military Council (SMC) chọrọ iwebata usoro ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ọhụrụ a na-akatọkarị nke a na-akpọ Union Government (UNIGOV) nke ga-abụ mmekọrịta ndị agha na ndị nkịtị kama ịlaghachi na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya. E mere ndokwa maka ntuli aka na Machị 1978, Afrifa bụkwa otu n'ime ndị isi nke Popular Movement for Freedom and Justice, nke dugara na mmegide megide echiche UNIGOV a. 'ịbụ ndị ụmụ akwụkwọ na ndị nwere ọgụgụ isi n'etiti ndị ọzọ sonyeere, PMFJ chọrọ nloghachi na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya.

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