Modesto Kwasi Apaloo was a Ghanaian politician. He was a Member of parliament and was the founder and leader of the defunct Anlo Youth Organisation.

Politics

Apaloo formed the Anlo Youth Association (AYO) in 1951 when the Gold Coast was still under British rule. His party was mainly active in the southeastern region of the country. This area is mainly occupied by the Anlo who belong to the Ewe people of Ghana. He was the only one from the AYO to win a seat in the legislative assembly after the

1954 Gold Coast legislative election General elections were held in the Gold Coast on 15 June 1954. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats. Background The election was held following the approval of a new constitution o ...

. He held this seat in the 1956 elections prior to the independence of Ghana. He was thus a member of Ghana's first parliament after independence in March 1957 for the Anlo South constituency. Partly due to legislation passed by the Nkrumah's government proscribing parties that are affiliated to identifiable ethnic groups, most of the opposition parties at the time merged to form the United Party (Ghana) under the leadership of Kofi Abrefa Busia, thus ending his role as AYO leader.

Arrest

The General Officer commanding the Ghana Army at the time, Major general

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ordered the court martial of an army officer George Whaitey, who failed to report a conspiracy by

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and Apaloo on the life of the Prime Minister of Ghana,

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in January 1959. He was suspected of plotting with other opposition leaders against the Nkrumah government. Apaloo himself was detained under the Preventive Detention Act by the Nkrumah government along with other politicians.

Death

Apaloo died at the age of 74 years at Durham, England in March 1991. He was buried at the Awudome Cemetery in Accra, Ghana.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Apaloo, Modesto 1920 births 1987 deaths Ghanaian MPs 1954–1956 Ghanaian MPs 1956–1965 20th-century Ghanaian politicians United Party (Ghana) politicians Ewe people

Politics

Arrest

Death

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