Kwame Agbo

Lieutenant Colonel Kodzo Barney Agbo (1937-2021) was a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was a member of the National Redemption Council (NRC), which overthrew the government of Kofi Abrefa Busia on 13 January 1972.

Military career The last position Agbo held in the Ghana Armed Forces before getting involved with politics was as Second in Command of the First Infantry Battalion of the Ghana Army based at Tema with the rank of Major.

Politics Colonel Kutu Acheampong was the leader and Head of State after the 13 January 1972 coup d'état. The people he is reputed to have trusted with plans for the coup include Major Agbo, Major Kwame Baah, who was the Second in Command of the Fifth Infantry Battalion in Accra, He became one of the members of the NRC. He initially served as the Commissioner for Industry. Still, Kutu Acheampong later appointed him the Commissioner for Labour, Social Welfare and Co-operatives until the NRC was superseded by the Supreme Military Council (SMC) on 9 October 1975. The formation of the SMC removed Agbo, Selormey, and Baah from the executive government council. He was appointed the Commissioner for Local Government. Agbo felt that the three of them had been shortchanged by Kutu Acheampong and opted to resign from the government shortly afterward.