87 year old Western Togoland leader Papavi Hogbedetor has died
Information gathered indicates that the brain behind secessionist group Homeland Study Group Foundation, Charles Komi Kudzodzi, also known as Papavi Hogbedetor has passed on.
He, unfortunately, gave up the ghost at the Keta Government Hospital today Saturday, October 16, 2021, at the age of 87 and his date of birth is April 7, 1934.
Papavi is the known face leading the charge for a part of Volta Region to secede from Ghana to form Western Togoland. The portions in question are modern-day Oti Region, Volta and some areas of the North East Region.
He has been arrested several times and charged for treason but the 88-year-old seem not to be moved as he was hell-bent to see those areas secede from Ghana.
The territory of Western Togoland was first colonized by Germany in 1884 and incorporated into the Togoland colony. After Germany’s defeat during the First World War, the colony of Togoland was divided between France and Britain as protectorates. The western part of Togoland became part of Britain’s Gold Coast colony which became independent in 1957 to form modern-day Ghana. Togo gained independence from France in 1960.
A previous unsuccessful attempt by the Papavi led group to declare Western Togoland independent from Ghana took place in 2017. In March 2020, around 80 members of the separatist group were detained for protesting the arrest of seven leaders of the Homeland Study Group Foundation. The charges were later dropped.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
