[9] Tsikata was sent to the Congo with Major General Ankrah as part of a Ghanaian military contingent with orders from Kwame Nkrumah to protect the Pan-Africanist and anti-neocolonialist Patrice Lumumba, who was the Prime Minister.
[9] He fell out with the officers who overthrew Kwame Nkrumah and stayed in exile until the military handed over power to the civilian government of Kofi Abrefa Busia.
[13] Others arrested with him were Victor Latzoo, a retired lieutenant in the Ghana Army, Staff Sergeant Godfried K. Amereka, Warrant Officer H. Raphael Nyatepeh, Captain Gustav K. Banini, Corporal John Gbeeze, Francis Agboada and Michael Hamenoo.
[14] Tsikata, Staff Sergeant Godfried Amereka, Warrant Officer Raphael Nyatepeh, Francis Agboada and Michael Hamenoo were sentenced to death.
Wilhelm Harrison Buller, a British Honduran national and friend of Tsikata was arrested at the residence of Jerry Rawlings for overstaying his visa.
With him were Mohamed Ibn Chambas who was the then Deputy Foreign Minister, and Brigadier General Agyemfra, accompanied by Harry Mouzillas from the Ghana News Agency as a journalist to cover the events.
They travelled to join James Victor Gbeho, the Resident Representative of then Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings and Mr.
[19][20] He was appointed by Gaddafi to a senior advisory position in charge of the Al Mathaba central committee, a support centre for the liberation movement and anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist organisations.
[10] During 1985 while he was Head of National Security, a United States spy ring organised by the CIA to help overthrow the PNDC government was disrupted in what became known as the Sharon Scranage espionage scandal.
[4] Ghanaians brought Tsikata under scrutiny, but during the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) hearing he denied being involved with the killing of the judges.
[22][23] The Special Investigation Board (SIB) stated unequivocally that Kojo Tsikata was the mastermind behind the abduction and killing of the three high court judges and the retired army officer.
[22] Tsikata appeared before the National Reconciliation Commission set up by the Kufuor government to look into human rights violations in Ghana between 1967 and 1993.
[25] During his testimony, he narrated how he was tortured in December 1975 and January 1976 under the orders of Francis Poku, who was at the time a Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Special Branch for refusing to sign a confession stating that he was attempting to overthrow the Supreme Military Council government.
[29] Captain Kojo Tsikata received one of Angola's highest honours, known as Carlos Silva among Angolan fighters, for his role in the struggle for national independence.
[11] Tsikata was a holder of the Solidarity Award and of the Order of "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes", conferred by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.