Lawrence Okai tuu ne no mae wɔ Gold Coast asreaafodom kuo a ɛne Royal West African Frontier.  Wɔpaw no kɔmaa no ntetee sɛ osraani Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) a ɛwɔ United Kingdom na wɔdaa no adi wɔ December a ɛtɔ so 16, afe 1955 mu. Wɔ afe 1958 mu no, ɔbɛyɛɛ asraafo kan no mu baako wɔ Ghana Regiment bre a Gold Coast nyaa ne ho fahodie.