E. M. Osei-Wusu

Colonel (Rtd.) Emmanuel M. Osei-Wusu is a former Ghanaian politician and military commander. He was Minister of the Interior from 19921996 in the Rawlings government.

Military appointments

  • Officer commanding forces movement control, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 162
  • Staff captain movement, Ministry of Defense, June 1962 – 1963
  • Staff officer Quartermaster General, June 1963 – 1965
  • Assistant Adjutant Quartermaster General (movement) December 1965-April 1966
  • Commanding Officer 6th Infantry Battalion, April–November 1968
  • Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Battalion, November–December 1968
  • Commanding Officer 4th Infantry Battalion, August 1970-June 1971
  • Brigade Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade Group (Central Command), June 1971-August 1972

After he and other NDC politicians were accused of corruption by NPP opponents, and investigated by the CHRAJ, he stepped aside from politics.[1]

He retired to his hometown of Pepease, Kwahu, where he lived a solitary life. Colonel (Rtd) Osei Wusu died in 2016.

References

  1. Rikard Quaye, Kufuor, Cape Coast and the Peoples Assembly, modernghana.com, 16 February 2006


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