Ghana's first president and prime minister, Osagyefo Dr , became the center of national discussion in 1964 after surviving an assassination attempt by a police officer assigned to protect him.
On January 2, 1964, Dr Nkrumah narrowly escaped death at the then-Flagstaff House while heading for lunch at Christiansborg Castle in Osu.
Accompanied by two security guards and his Aide-De-Camp (ADC), Superintendent Salifu Dagarti, Nkrumah came under fire from 23-year-old Constable Seth Nicholas Ametewee, a police officer on guard duty.
According to reports, Ametewee fired shots from about 50 yards away as the president approached his car.
