He was one of the members of the National Redemption Council (NRC) which overthrew the Progress Party government of Kofi Abrefa Busia on 13 January 1972.
His secondary education was at the Bishop Herman College at Kpandu in the Volta Region where he graduated in 1958.
[citation needed]He attended the Royal Armoured Corps Centre at Bovington Camp in the United Kingdom.
He is reported to be the first Ghanaian soldier to undergo tank warfare training at the Armour School, Fort Knox, United States in 1967.
He rose to the rank of Major and served as the Second in Command of the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment prior to the coup d'état in January 1972.