Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V (Ezekiel Quarmina Allotey Cofie; 12 June 1920 - 22 December 2017) was a Ghanaian dental surgeon pioneer who also served as the Jamestown Maŋtsɛ (Paramount Chief) and President of the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council.
[2][3][4][5] A member of the Ga ethnic group, Cofie was born on 12 June 1920 at Jamestown in then British Accra to William Coffie of Aflangi Shia, Naa Korle We and Delphone Owoo from Naa Sally We Krotia Division, Adjumaku of the Royal Stool of Ngleshie Alata (Jamestown) Accra.
[9][10] While in Edinburgh, Cofie competed for Scotland at the 1947 World Student Games in Paris where he won a Bronze Medal in the 100-metre sprint race.
[2][13] Ezekiel Quarmina Allotey Cofie returned to the Gold Coast completing his professional dental course of study in the United Kingdom.
Places like Kumasi, Tamale, Sekondi-Takoradi, Sunyani, Koforidua and Ho where he was instrumental in the establishment of Dental Units attached to hospitals in those cities.
Under his reign, the Ngleshie Alata chieftaincy was elevated to the status of Paramountcy in 2011[2] On 22 December 1951, he married Florence Ansaah Cofie and they had 9 children, 6 daughters and 3 sons.