Salifu Dagarti

Salifu Dagarti (c. July 1931 — 2 January 1964) was a British trained Ghanaian police officer and presidential bodyguard who shielded Kwame Nkrumah with his body on the fifth attempt to assassinate Nkrumah since he came to power in 1957.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Incident

A police constable on guard outside the residence of Ghana's president, Kwame Nkrumah, fired five gunshots at him in an assassination attempt. Constable Seth Ametewee[7][8] invaded The Flagstaff House in Accra and missed with his first shot. Nkrumah's bodyguard, Salifu Dagarti, shielded the President with his body and was mortally wounded.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Ghana President Nkrumah Target of Gunman", Pittsburgh Press, January 3, 1964, p3
  2. ^ South African History Online.
  3. ^ "The Story of Supt. Salifu Dagarti; the man who took a bullet for Kwame Nkrumah". www.ghanaweb.com. 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  4. ^ "The Story of How Supt. Salifu Dagarti, a Dagaaba Security guard, Took a Bullet for Kwame Nkrumah at the Flagstaff House". How Africa News. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  5. ^ "About". salifudagarti. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  6. ^ "'Memories of our father's passing 42 years ago' - Samia Nkrumah". MyJoyOnline.com. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  7. ^ "Policeman Sentenced to Die For Attempt to Kill Nkrumah". The New York Times. April 8, 1964.
  8. ^ "The Salifu Dagarti Story Is a Mixture of Heroic Professionalism and Patriotism, But… Part 2". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  9. ^ Eric S. Packham, Africa in War and Peace (Nova Publishers, 2004) p173
  10. ^ "Today in history: Police officer dies after taking bullet for Kwame Nkrumah in fifth assassination attempt". The Ghana Report. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-08-12.


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