#creatorsearchinsights Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka (1926–1967) was a senior Ghanaian military officer and key member of the National Liberation Council, the military government that overthrew President Kwame Nkrumah on 24 February 1966 in a coup known as Operation Cold Chop. Kotoka later became General Officer Commanding the Ghana Armed Forces and served as Commissioner for Defence and Health. His life was marked by both military distinction and political controversy during Ghana’s