{"id":88224,"date":"2015-02-04T06:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T06:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=88224"},"modified":"2015-02-04T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T06:15:00","slug":"j-b-danquah-didnt-plot-nkrumahs-coup-danquah-adu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=88224","title":{"rendered":"J.B Danquah didn’t plot Nkrumah’s coup – Danquah Adu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grandson of the Late Dr. J. B. Danquah, Mr. Danquah-Adu, has denied claims that his grandfather was involved in an attempted coup against Ghana`s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.<\/p>\n

Chronicling the events that led to the overthrow of Dr. Nkrumah, the legislator indicated that at the time, Dr. J. B Danquah was in prison under the Preventive Detention Act ( PDA), hence could not have carried out such an action.<\/p>\n

The Abuakwa North MP, Mr. Danquah-Adu, who was speaking about the anniversary on Eyewitness News<\/strong>,described such claims “as a pure fabrication of lies.”<\/p>\n

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The late J. B. Danquah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”DDq63lIfyIWDYQG8EdgiHuzPZfglMzcI”]He further challenged persons spreading such false stories to provide evidence to their claims, saying, “… I will bet my last dollar to anyone to provide me with the date that Danquah when he was in prison, removed Nkrumah.”<\/p>\n

“Nkrumah was overthrown in 1996, Danquah was in prison in 1964 and died in 1965 so how could he have done that?”he quizzed.<\/p>\n

According to him, “the historical data indicates that those who threw the bomb[to kill Danquah] were his own cronies and his own members of his party so how could Danquah have been the person..”<\/p>\n

In a related development, a national symposium will be held in Accra on Thursday as part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary, reburial and funeral service of Dr. Danquah.<\/p>\n

The remains of Dr. Danquah will subsequently be exhumed and reburied at Kyebi afterwards.<\/p>\n

The Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Adoo is expected to deliver<\/strong><\/span><\/a> a speech at the syposium.<\/p>\n

The man Danquah\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

J.B Danquah was a Ghanaian statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar and historian.<\/p>\n

He played a significant role in pre- and post-colonial Ghana.<\/p>\n

During his political career, he was one of the primary opposition leaders to Ghanaian president and independence leader Kwame Nkrumah.<\/p>\n

Danquah became a member of the Legislative Council in 1946 and actively pursued independence legislation for his country.<\/p>\n

His historical research led him to agree with Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s proposition that on independence the Gold Coast be renamed Ghana after the early\u00a0African empire of that name.<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Efe Ansah with files from wikipedia\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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