Here's why J.B. Danquah of UGCC was re-arrested and detained by Nkrumah in 1964

An archival record has revealed the circumstances leading to the re-arrest and detention of Joseph Boakye Danquah in 1964.

As a leader of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), Danquah was re-arrested by the then President Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah on January 8, 1964.

According to a report by ghanacrimes.com, the reason for his arrest was his suspected involvement in a botched attempt to kill Nkrumah, which was carried out on January 2, 1964, by Police Constable Seth Ametewee and killed Nkrumah's bodyguard, Salifu Dagarti.

J. B. Danquah had previously been arrested and detained under the Preventive Detention Act (PDA) on October 3, 1961, and was released on June 22, 1962.

Danquah was allegedly found to possess his own signed hand-written speech which he intended for broadcast in the wake of the success of Police Constable Seth Ametewee's attempted assassination on Nkrumah.

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Below is one of the letters written by J.B. Danquah to NKrumah demanding his release:





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