Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that he was discharged from the military after attempting to launch a coup against General Kutu Acheampong’s leadership.
He described how the failed coup placed him in the Usher Fort, thanking God for keeping him safe and spared him from being slain.
Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe made the disclosure during an interview on Citi TV’s Face to Face, presented by Umaru Sanda Amadu, during which he discussed his memoir.
“My stay in the military was eventful. If I had not been lucky, I wouldn’t be sitting here today, I would have been killed. I and other four colleagues planned a coup d’état. It was abortive because we were betrayed. We were planning to stage a coup against General Kutu Acheampong long ago, but we were arrested. He was overthrown when we were in prison at Usher Fort.”
“When we left, he was brought there. First, he was sent to Akosombo and I think he started playing some tricks of staging a comeback. Security got to know about it, so they brought him to Usher Fort, and it was difficult to escape. I was sacked for planning a coup, I left the military as a captain,” recalled Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe.
In June 1979, General Kutu Acheampong was killed by firing squad for corruption.
