Ako Adjei

Ako Adjei (17 June 1916 – 14 January 2002) was a Ghanaian statesman, politician, lawyer and journalist. He was a member of the United Gold Coast Convention and one of six leaders who were detained during Ghana's struggle for political independence from Britain, a group famously called The Big Six. Adjei became a member of parliament as a Convention People's Party candidate in 1954 and held ministerial offices until 1962 when as Minister for Foreign Affairs he was wrongfully detained for the Kulungugu bomb attack.

Quotes

• Ghana is our country, we have nowhere to go. This is where God has placed us and the earlier we realise this, the better for us all.
  • The Big Six: Dr. Ebenezer Ako-Adjei in focus GBCGhanaonine.com, 5 August 2020

Quote about Adjei

• The chapter on the era of the Big Six has not been erased with the death of Dr. Ako-Adjei because their experiences are available for future generations. There were a lot of other Ghanaians with the Big Six, who championed the cause of democracy. If you do your best for your country, you would be remembered.
  • Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey as stated in Ako Adjei exn.pages.dev

• On the journey... to the place of the incident, they (Adamafio, Crabbe, and Ako Adjei), isolated themselves from the Leader, to whom they had clung previously all along as if they were his lovers. They rode in different cars and were hundreds of yards away leaving the President behind.
  • Francis Edward Techie-Menson as stated in Ako Adjei exn.pages.dev