Career
Ocran was commissioned as an officer in the Gold Coast Regiment of the United Kingdom"s Royal West African Frontier Force in 1954. He later rose to become a Colonel in the Ghana army after independence. He was the commander of the First Infantry Brigade of the army now known as the Southern Command at the time of the coup d"état of 1966.
He was promoted to Brigadier following the coup and made Chief of Army Staff, a position he held for six months.
He was reappointed Chief of Army Staff in May 1967. He was promoted to the position of Chief of the Defence Staff in November 1968 and continued as such until November 1969.
The then Colonel Ocran came into national prominence with his involvement in the first coup d"état in Ghana. This led to the overthrow of the Convention People"s Party (CPP) government of Doctor Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966.
The other members were John Willie Kofi Harlley, the Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service and Lieutenant
General Akwasi Afrifa who was the chairman. He remained on the commission till it was dissolved in August 1970.
The commission was replaced by an interim ceremonial president, Nii Amaa Ollennu.
Albert Ocran became the president of the Veterans Association of Ghana. He is also one of the people honoured by president John Kufuor in 2006.
