General Akwasi Afrifa was sentenced to die by firing squad under the approval of Rawlings on June 26, 1979, 10 days after the execution of the first military head of state, Gen. Ignatius Kutu ...
Akwasi Afrifa took over as a head of state after the resignation of General Joseph Ankrah in 1969. He was also the leader of the military government in 1969 and the then chairman of the ...