Kwame Agbo Explained

Honorific Prefix:Lieutenant Colonel
Kodzo Agbo
Native Name:instead.-->
Term Start:13 January 1972
Term End:9 October 1975
Office2:Commissioner for Local Government
Term Start2:9 October 1975
Term End2:14 October 1975
President2:Colonel I. K. Acheampong
Successor2:Lt. Col. B. K. Ahlijah
Office3:Commissioner for Labour and Social Welfare
Term Start3:?
Term End3:9 October 1975
President3:Colonel I. K. Acheampong
Office4:Commissioner for Industry
Term Start4:1972
Term End4:?
President4:Colonel I. K. Acheampong
Birth Date:29 November 1937
Nationality:Ghanaian
Profession:Soldier
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Rank:Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:First Infantry Battalion
Commands:Second-in-Command
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Lieutenant Colonel Kodzo Barney Agbo is a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was a member of the National Redemption Council (NRC) which overthrew the government of Kofi Abrefa Busia on 13 January 1972.[1]

Military career

The last position Agbo held in the Ghana Armed Forces before getting involved with politics was as Second in Command of the First Infantry Battalion of the Ghana Army based at Tema with the rank of Major.[2]

Politics

The leader and Head of State after the 13 January 1972 coup d'état was then Colonel Kutu Acheampong. The people he is reputed to have trusted with plans for the coup include Major Agbo, Major Kwame Baah who was the Second in Command of the Fifth Infantry Battalion in Accra[2] and Major Anthony Selormey who was the Second in Command of the Armoured Reconnaissance Squadron in Accra.[3] He became one of the members of the NRC.[4] He initially served as the Commissioner for Industry but was later appointed the Commissioner for Labour, Social Welfare and Co-operatives by Kutu Acheampong until the NRC was superseded by the Supreme Military Council (SMC) on 9 October 1975. The formation of the SMC removed Agbo, Selormey and Baah from the executive council of government. He was appointed the Commissioner for Local Government. Agbo felt that the three of them had been shortchanged by Kutu Acheampong and opted to resign from government shortly afterwards.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Members of the National Redemption Council . Public Relations Department, Ghana . Accra . 404100555 .
  2. Book: Bennet, Valerie Plave . Austin . Dennis . Luckham . Robin . Politicians and Soldiers in Ghana, 1966–1972 . 1975 . Frank Cass and Company Limited. London . 978-0714630496 . 305. Epilogue:Malcontents in Uniform.
  3. Book: Singh . Naunihal . Seizing Power : The Strategic Logic of Military Coups . 2014 . Johns Hopkins University Press . Baltimore, Maryland . 978-1421413365 . 139 . 5. Coups from the Middle - Ghana 1972.
  4. Web site: Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts . United States Central Intelligence Agency . 18 March 2021 . W1 . en . 17 January 1972 . The rest are Maj A M. Baah, Maj K.B. Agbo, Maj A. Saloremy (sic) and Mr J.H. Cobbina, the new inspector general of police.