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He died last weekend in his hometown, Brakwa, at the age of 89, in the district of Asikuma Odoben Brakwa, said a spokesman for the family.
Major-General Ocran was born on July 21, 1929 and was appointed officer of the Royal West Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force of the United Kingdom in 1954. He later became Colonel of the Ghana Army after l & # 39; independence.
He was the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Army, now known as the Southern Command, at the time of the 1966 coup.
Major-General Ocran was promoted to Brigadier after the coup d'etat and became Chief of the Defense Staff, a position he held for six months.
He was re-appointed Chief of the Defense Staff in May 1967 and was again promoted to Chief of the Defense Staff in November 1968, Station. that he held until November 1969.
Member of the CNL
As a colonel, he played a leading role in the country during his first coup d'etat, which resulted in the overthrow of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Convention Party (PCP) government on February 24, 1966 .
After the coup, he was one of eight members of the National Liberation Council (CNL), the junta that replaced the civilian government of Dr. Nkrumah.
After the legislative elections of 1969, Major General Ocran became one of three members of an interim presidential commission that inaugurated the Second Republic.
The other members were Mr. John Willie Kofi Harlley, Inspector General of Police and General Akwasi Afrifa, who was the chairman.
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