Allegiance Ghana Rank Major general Name Edward Utuka | Commands held Border guards Years of service 19??–present | |
Edward Kwaku Utuka, who held the rank of major general of the Ghana Armed Forces, was a former border guards commander and member of the Supreme Military Council I & II, the ruling government of Ghana from 9 October 1975 to 4 June 1979. He was an alumnus of the Accra Academy.
He was executed, along with former head-of-state Ignatius Acheampong on June 16, 1979, following a coup that deposed the government of Fred Akuffo.
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