President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to lay a wreath in remembrance of the 69th anniversary of the 28th February shooting incident which saw the gunning down of three retired soldiers by British police in 1948.
The wreath-laying ceremony will be held at the Nationalism Park in Accra.
The Ghana Police, armed forces, and other state security agencies will be participating in the commemorative ceremony to honour Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe, and Private Odartey Lamptey today.
On February 28, 1948, a number of ex-servicemen were marching from Accra to the Christianborg Castle to present a petition to the governor on their unpaid war benefits when they were intercepted at the crossroads by a contingent of armed policemen.
The contingent, led by British Police Superintendent Colin Imray, ordered that they disperse and when they refused to obey, he gave an order to the police to open fire on them leading to the killing of the three ex-servicemen.
The ex-soldiers had fought alongside the allied forces in the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force during the Second World War and had returned home poor and were not paid their gratuities.
Source:Ghana/AccraFM.com
