Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama disclosed at the country's 68th Independence Day celebration that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America (US) was responsible for the removal of the country's first president, Osagyefo Dr. .
According to the president, declassified US intelligence documents show that the CIA "inspired and engineered" the overthrow of the late Dr.
on February 24, 1966.
The US government is yet to respond to this disclosure by President Mahama.