Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Mr.
Obetsebi-Lamptey, Mr. Ako Adjei,
Mr. Edward Akuffo-Addo, Dr. J. B. Danquah, Mr. William Ofori Atta
These were the six brave men and leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (U.G.C.C.) who were arrested and detained under the Emergency Regulation in 1948 during disturbances in the Gold Coast. They were and are gallant men who spearheaded the transition of Ghana from colonialism to Independence on that memorable day the 6th of March, 1957.