Former Speaker of Parliament, Peter Ala Adjetey is calling for a monument in honor of the three Gold Coast war veterans who were shot dead during the 28th February Crossroads incident.

The former Speaker said the tragic death of Private Odartey Lamptey, Corporal Attipoe and Sergeant Adjetey 59 years ago precipitated a national agitation for the country’s independence.

Mr. Peter Ala Adjetey was speaking to Joy News at a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the memory of Sergeant Frederick Cornelius Adjetey at his monument site at La in Accra.

Ghanaian history books are replete with accounts of the shooting incident and the effect of the death of the three war veterans, who were part of a group of ex-service men marching to present a petition to the then Governor of the Gold Coast for improvement in their living conditions.

Their violent deaths instantly sparked a looting spree unprecedented in the land, and the subsequent breakdown of law and order emboldened agitations for self rule and an immediate power transfer from the British leading eventually to the independence of the Gold Coast in 1957.

But Mr. Ala Adjetey told Joy News the state has done very little in appreciation of the contributions of the three veterans.

A planning committee is in place to set a more befitting burial for Sgt. Adjetey next February.

MP for Dadekotopon, Nii Amasa Namoale, said Sgt Adjetey’s body will be exhumed and re-buried at his monument site since the state is not recognizing his contributions.

The occasion was also used to honour the 92-year-old Nii Amon Kotei, the designer of Ghana’s Coat of Arms.