Imoru Ayarna (c. 1917 – 11 July 2015)Imoru Ayarna's obituary
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in Ghana.

1969 parliamentary election

Ayarna formed the PAP after the ban on party politics was lifted in 1969. He teamed up with Dr. W.K. Lutterodt, People's Popular Party (PPP), the Republican Party of Mr. Quaidoo and Dr. John Bilson's

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. He contested the Ghanaian parliamentary election on 29 August 1969 for a seat in the

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during the second republic. His party won 2 seats out of 140, although he lost his seat, winning a total of 693 votes and beating only the

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candidate, Asigiri Israel Dawudu who had 323 votes. The seat was taken by the Progress Party led by

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Subversion trial

In late 1973, during the military rule of the

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led by then Colonel I. K. Acheampong, he was tried along with others for plotting to overthrow the government by influencing then Colonel

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, who was the Commander of the First Infantry Brigade at the time. His co-conspirators allegedly included Kojo Botsio, a former minister in the

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, John Tettegah, a former general secretary of the All-African Trade Union Federation, Albert Kwaku Owusu Boateng, a journalist and Major Alexander Alanganona Awuviri, a

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officer. They all pleaded not guilty but were sentenced to death by firing squad after the trial though their sentences got commuted to life imprisonment later by the

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, Colonel Acheampong.

1979 presidential election

In 1979, he contested the Ghanaian presidential election as an

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candidate, winning 0.27% of the total votes cast.

1969 parliamentary election

Subversion trial

1979 presidential election

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See also