and death Nikoi spent time in detention due to his political activities. In 1950, he was detained with other leading members of the C.P.P. by the colonial authority over their involvement in the Positive Action campaign, led by Nkrumah. He was again arrested and imprisoned by Nkrumah under the Preventive Detention Act in 1960. After a year in detention he was released due to his ill health. He fled to Nigeria to escape being detained again. He died in 1963 while in exile. References Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians 1963 deaths People from Accra Ghanaian independence activists