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The death has been reported in Lome, Togo, of Mr Senyo Gatror Antor, Ghana's
Ambassador to Togo during the Second Republic. Mr Antor, 80, a former teacher and politician, was a lifelong advocate of Togoland unity. He led a group of people in the then British Mandated Togoland which sought the
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Nations to organise a plebiscite in the area in 1956. Mr Antor was serving as Ambassador in Togo when the regime of Prime Minister K. A. Busia was toppled
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and was released to allow him to continue as the member of parliament for Kpandu North. Between 1961 and 1966, he was detained at Nsawam
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Antor worked as a teacher between 1937 and 1949. In 1949, he founded the
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Mr Antor's wife died around 1976, four years into his exile in Togo after the overthrow of the Busia government. His son, Robert Kwame Antor reported that the
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