Following a successful coup d'état in February 1966 to become the second head of state during a military junta, General Kwasi Afrifa became part of the senior military officers ordered to be killed by late Jerry John Rawlings.
General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, the right-hand man to Gen.
Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, served as a head of state following the unexpected resignation of Gen.
Joseph Ankrah in 1969.
