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Tsatsu Tsikata born on 1 October is a Ghanaian academic and lawyer. He is a notable affiliate and legal counsel to the National Democratic Congress and regarded as one of the leading members of the political party. Tsikata was born in Keta in the south of the Volta Region of Ghana. He was however brought up in Adabraka, a suburb of Accra, the capital of Ghana.

He started school at an early age because he wanted to follow his older brother Fui to school. He was again moved to Accra Newtown Experimental School, where he was jumped from Year 2 to Year 3, catching up with his older brother Fui. He won a United Africa Company UAC scholarship in to start his secondary education at the age of nine at the Mfantsipim School where his father and his elder brother, Fui Sokpoli Tsikata also attended.

TSATSU TAIKATA Tsatsu Tsikata (born 1 October ) is a Ghanaian academic and lawyer.

On completion of his five-year course, he gained admission into the University of Ghana, Legon, at the age of 14, where he obtained an LL. B First Class degree at the age of 18 years. Only one other year-old had completed a degree programme at that time. His lecturers included Professor Ofosu Amaah and Dr. Obed Asamoah, a former foreign minister and Attorney General of Ghana.

On his return to Ghana in , he was appointed a lecturer at the law faculty of the University of Ghana. Tsikata has served as counsel to a number of notable personalities over the years. After the May 15 Uprising in , he was counsel for Jerry Rawlings during the treason trial that came to an abrupt end when the SMC military government led by Fred Akuffo was overthrown on 4 June He was the lead counsel for the NDC during the first ever electoral petition trial filed by the opposition New Patriotic Party challenging the results of the elections.