Discussions of the popularity or otherwise of the first-ever coup d'état in the history of the country have been brought to the fore again following a petition at the Supreme Court by the Democracy Hub, a civil society organization, and some elements within the Convention People's Party (CPP), praying the apex court for the removal of the name of the mastermind of that coup, Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, from Ghana's main airport.
The two organizations, in their joint suit, argued that honouring Lieutenant-General Kotoka, a key figure in the 1966 coup d'état that overthrew Ghana's first president, contradicts Ghana's democratic values.
While their move seems to enjoy some overwhelming backing among Ghanaians, owing to the benefit of hindsight and the seemingly ineffective leadership the country has suffered since the coup, it thus appears that their actions would have been extremely unpopular back in 1966 when the Kwame Nkrumah government was toppled.
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