| 词条 | Operation Guitar Boy |
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| conflict = Operation Guitar Boy | width = | date = April 17th, 1967 | place = Ghana | result = Coup failure, leaders punished | combatant1 = Coup plotters | combatant2 = {{flagicon|Ghana}}National Liberation Council | commander1 =Lt. Samuel Arthur{{Executed}} Lt. Moses Yeboah{{Executed}} 2nd Lt. Osei-Poku | commander2 = Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka{{KIA}} | strength1 = 119 | casualties1 = 2 executed | casualties2 = 2 killed }}{{refimprove|date=August 2014}} Operation Guitar Boy was the code-name for an attempted coup d'état on April 17, 1967 in Ghana, by a group of junior officers of the Ghana Armed Forces. Although unsuccessful, the coup resulted in the assassination of Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, Ghana's Chief of the Defence Staff. BackgroundOn February 24, 1966, a military coup took place, with the military of Ghana overthrowing the Convention People's Party (CPP) government of the Republic of Ghana's first President, Kwame Nkrumah. The ruling military government dubbed itself the National Liberation Council (NLC), and Kotoka, as General Officer Commanding the Ghana Armed Forces, was a key figure in the Council.[1] Guitar BoyThe attempted counter-coup against the NLC was instigated by three junior officers of the Ghana Armed Forces: Lt. Samuel Arthur, Lt. Moses Yeboah and 2nd Lt. Osei-Poku. With the support of several senior officers, including Warrant Officer George Ofosu, and 119 soldiers of the 2nd Recce (Reconnaissance) Regiment, the coup-makers plotted to overthrow the NLC government.[1] The operation was named "Guitar Boy", after a popular song by Nigerian musician Victor Uwaifo, in which the West African water goddess, the Mami Wata, had given him a guitar and asked him to make good music. After the attempted coup, "Guitar Boy" was banned by the NLC from radio airplay in Ghana.[1] Lt. Gen. Kotoka was shot and killed by Lt. Yeboah at Ghana International Airport. The airport was later renamed Kotoka International Airport in honour of the General, and the spot on which he was killed now houses a life-size memorial statue. Lt. Arthur attempted to gain access to the ammunition depot of the 1st Recce Regiment. In a struggle for the keys, Captain Avevor – the depot's quartermaster – was shot and killed. For their role in the deaths, Yeboah and Arthur were executed by firing squad at a military range near Labadi Beach. The other conspirator, Osei-Poku, received a thirty-year prison sentence, and the other members of the regiment also received prison terms. AftermathAlthough the Guitar Boy coup was ultimately unsuccessful, it was considered that it had led to the eventual downfall of the NLC government, due to increasing rifts caused by the assassination of Kotoka who had been a stabilising influence in the military government.[1] Some Nkrumaists claimed that Arthur's abortive coup was aimed at restoring the deposed President Kwame Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party. However, Ofosu-Appiah's biography of Kotoka indicates something different, for Arthur was reported to have said that he wanted to be the first subaltern to have staged a successful military coup in Africa (Life of Kotoka, pp. 117-137). References1. ^1 2 3 Ogunbiyi, Tokunbo: Forty Years After 'Operation Guitar Boy', and the Nigerian Connection, Nigeriaworld, April 17, 2007. {{African coups d'état}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Guitar Boy}} 8 : 1960s coups d'état and coup attempts|Military coups in Ghana|1967 in military history|1967 in Africa|1967 in Ghana|Attempted coups|April 1967 events|Conflicts in 1967 |
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