Patrick Attipoe

{{Short description|Ghanaian ex-serviceman (died 1948)}} Corporal '''Patrick Attipoe''' (died 28 February 1948) was a Ghanaian ex-serviceman and veteran of World War II. He was one of the three veterans shot dead by Major Imray<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://graphic.com.gh/features/features/11124-busts-of-february-28-victims.html |location=Accra, Ghana| title=Busts of February 28 victims | accessdate=5 October 2014 | author=Frimpong, Enoch Darfah|newspaper=Daily Graphic}}</ref> while on their way to present a petition to Sir Gerald Creasy who was Governor of Gold Coast at the time. The death of these three ex-servicemen led to the 1948 Accra Riots.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200602280295.html | title=Ghana: 58 Years After the February 28th 1948 Crossroads Incident | publisher=AllAfrica | accessdate=5 October 2014 | author=Opoku-Agyemang, Lovelace}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/380268/1/sgt-adjetey-cpl-attipoe-pte-odartey-february-28-sh.html | title=Sgt Adjetey, Cpl Attipoe, Pte Odartey …February 28 Shooting Commemoration At Nationalism Park | publisher=The True Statesman | accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

A bronze statue in commemoration of Attipoe was unveiled in 2018 in his hometown, Kpota, Anyako, in the Volta Region of Ghana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2018/04/16/corporal-attipoes-statue-unveiled-at-kpota-anyako/|title=Corporal Attipoe's statue unveiled at Kpota, Anyako|website=Ghana Business News|agency=GNA|date=16 April 2018|access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref>

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