Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V

Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V (Ezekiel Quarmina Allotey Cofie; 12 June 1920 - 22 December 2017) was a Ghanaian dental surgeon pioneer who also served as the Jamestown Maŋtsɛ (Paramount Chief) and President of the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council. He was popularly known as Dentist Cofie.

Early life and education A member of the Ga ethnic group, Cofie was born on 12 June 1920 at Jamestown in then British Accra to William Coffie of Aflangi Shia, Naa Korle We and Delphone Owoo from Naa Sally We Krotia Division, Adjumaku of the Royal Stool of Ngleshie Alata (Jamestown) Accra. He attended the Accra Royal School for his elementary and middle education and continued at Achimota College for secondary school. While in Edinburgh, Cofie competed for Scotland at the 1947 World Student Games in Paris where he won a Bronze Medal in the 100-metre sprint race. In 1949, he graduated as a dental surgeon with a Licentiate of Dental Surgery awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Career Ezekiel Quarmina Allotey Cofie returned to the Gold Coast completing his professional dental course of study in the United Kingdom. He occupied the stool from 1978 till his death in 2017, spanning a period of thirty-nine (39) years.

Death and royal funeral Cofie died on 22 December 2017 in Accra. Oblempong Kojo Ababio V's royal funeral was held in 2018 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral on High Street, Accra.