The Heroic Sacrifice of Salifu Dagarti: An Inside Look at the 1964 Assassination Attempt on President Nkrumah
Police Constable Seth Nicholas Kwame Ametewee shot at President Nkrumah, but Police Superintendent Salifu Dagarti, a British trained Ghanaian veteran Police Officer saved the President by shielding him and receiving the bullets on his behalf. Salifu died as a result of Ametewee’s gunshots. One may say that President Kwame Nkrumah was the most physically attacked…