{"id":57548,"date":"2023-10-22T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=57548"},"modified":"2023-10-22T18:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:06:02","slug":"akoto-ampaw-was-a-true-human-rights-lawyer-nyaho-tamakloe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/akoto-ampaw-was-a-true-human-rights-lawyer-nyaho-tamakloe","title":{"rendered":"Akoto Ampaw was a true human rights lawyer \u2013 Nyaho-Tamakloe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>A founding father of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has described the late Akoto Ampaw as a true human rights lawyer. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>He said he had known Akoto Ampaw for over forty years and engaged in several political activities together.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe and Akoto Ampaw were part of the organizers of the \u2018Kume Preko\u2019 demonstration organized in 1995 against the introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) policy by the then Rawlings administration.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the demise of Mr Akoto Amapw on the mid-Day on Friday, October 20, Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe said \u201cI have known him for close to 40 years, we have done a lot of political activities together, he was a great activist and a true human rights lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akoto Ampaw died on Friday, October 20 after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>Famous lawyer Akoto Ampaw is dead<\/p>\n<p>He was a veteran Ghanaian lawyer and human rights activist.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Anthony Akoto Ampaw is married with children.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from the University of Ghana, LL.B in 1973 and the Ghana School of Law, B.L in 1993. Popularly known as \u2018Sheeyshey\u2019 right from his student days at the University of Ghana, Ampaw was part of the New Patriotic Party\u2019s legal team in the Electoral Petition of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>He was the head of the legal team that defended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s win in the 2020 Presidential elections at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. A founding father of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has described the late Akoto Ampaw as a true human rights lawyer. He said he had known Akoto Ampaw for over forty years and engaged in several political activities together. 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