360:. Following the bloody coup, Kotei surrendered himself to the authorities at the Achimota Police Station in response to requests that previous political office holders report. Some soldiers apparently "later went to the Police Station and brutalised him when they got to know he was there". His assets were also confiscated to the state. After an investigation that was apparently incomplete and a trial held in camera, Kotei was sentenced to death. It is alleged however that Kotei and his colleagues were probably never tried. On 26 June 1979, Kotei and five other senior army officers, including two former heads of state,
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All eight senior military officers executed in June 1979 were exhumed and their bodies released to their respective families for reburial in 2001. On 27 December 2001, two of the eight, Major
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Championships in 1960. He subsequently set the Ghana High Jump record in
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376:. He left behind nine children, including a two-year-old.
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488:. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from
352:On 4 June 1979, the SMC was overthrown by the
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650:"General Kotei's sister testifies before NRC"
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211:Held the Ghana High Jump record for 36 years
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34:Member of the Supreme Military Council
679:General News of Friday, 11 April 2003
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681:. Ghana Home Page. Archived from
905:Major General Odartey-Wellington
562:Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
267:Kotei competed for Ghana at the
320:plot to unseat the then ruling
1027:Information ministers of Ghana
915:Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo
888:Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo
558:"Robert Kotei Olympic Results"
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225:Robert Ebenezer Abossey Kotei
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