Odartey Lamptey

{{Short description|Ghanaian soldier and activist}}

Private Odartey Lamptey (died 28 February 1948) was a Ghanaian soldier and activist. He was one of the three veterans shot dead by Superintendant Colin Imray {{cite web | url=http://graphic.com.gh/features/features/11124-busts-of-february-28-victims.html | title=Busts of February 28 victims | website= Graphic Online |date=28 February 2013| access-date=5 October 2014 | author=Frimpong, Enoch Darfah}} while on their way to present a petition to Sir Gerald Creasy who was Governor of Gold Coast at the time. The death of these three ex-servicemen led to the arrest of the big six 1948 Accra Riots.{{cite web | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200602280295.html | title=Ghana: 58 Years After the February 28th 1948 Crossroads Incident | publisher=AllAfrica | access-date=5 October 2014 | author=Opoku-Agyemang, Lovelace}}{{cite web | url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/380268/1/sgt-adjetey-cpl-attipoe-pte-odartey-february-28-sh.html | title=Sgt Adjetey, Cpl Attipoe, Pte Odartey …February 28 Shooting Commemoration At Nationalism Park | website=ModernGhana | access-date=5 October 2014}}