He is married to the daughter of late former Vice President Kow Arkaah, who is also a lawyer with three children, a son and two daughters.[5]
He is a native of Ga-Mashie in Accra.[6] He had his early education in Ghana and is an enthusiastic Scuba diver, the first African to participate in an international parachuting event, and a member of the Ghana National Rifle Association.[7] He then left for the UK to read law. On completion, he was called to the Middle Temple and Ghana Bar respectively.[8] In 1997, he was involved in an accident on the Tema Motorway which resulted in him using a wheelchair till date.[9][10]
He is a political militant with the vision of augmenting the rights, freedom and opportunities of the youth, women and the less privileged. He holds in high esteem self - determination, Pan - Africanism and social justice.[14]
Convention People's Party
He was an active member of the People's Convention Party (PCP) before the party merged with NCP to form the CPP in 1996. He continued to play various roles in the CPP. In 2004 he was selected by the party as it parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency to contest in the 2004 Ghanaian general election, which he lost to Akosua Frema Osei-Opare of the NPP. He was the first General Secretary to be re-elected twice for the CPP in 2007 and also in 2011.[15] He is an enthusiastic Scuba diver, the first African to participate in an international parachuting event, and a member of the Ghana National Rifle Association (GNRA).
2016 Presidential Bid
In January 2016, he contested for the Presidential Nomination to represent the CPP and won with a total vote of 1,288 votes, representing 64.2% of valid votes cast while his closest contender Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah, managed only 579 votes.[16][17] This victory made him the first physically challenged person to contest for a Presidential election in Ghana.[18] He was the 2016 Ghanaian general election flagbearer for the (CPP). At the end of the election he lost with 25,552 votes representing 0.24 with Nana Akufo-Addo emerging as winner.[19]
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