The Ghana Police Service will be in court with the leadership of Arise Ghana today over the misunderstanding on the formalities of the group’s two-day demonstration.
Over the last two weeks, the Police administration has held various meetings with Arise Ghana over their intention to hold a demonstration in Accra for two continuous days and to also picket in front of the Jubilee House during the night.
The Police invited the organisers to a meeting to discuss the demonstration. Following a series of meetings, Arise Ghana informed the Police in a letter dated June 8, 2022, that instead of two continuous days, the demonstration will start on the first day at 3 pm and end at 10 pm and resume the next day.
The Police, in a letter dated June 13, 2022, responded and urged that in order to adequately ensure the safety of demonstrators and other members of the public, the demonstration should not travel into the night.
Therefore, in the interest of public order and safety, the Police entreated the organisers to reconsider their time frame and start the demonstration early in the day and end before night falls.
On June 22, 2022, the Police received a verbal response from the organisers to the effect that they are unable to change the time of the demonstration.
As a result of the lack of consensus, the Ghana Police Service has dragged Arise Ghana to court with the case set to be heard today, June 27, 2022.
“Due to the lack of agreement between the Police and the organisers on the time for the demonstration and location for their planned picketing, the Police have had no option but to submit the process to the court for a determination.
“This was duly communicated to Arise Ghana in a letter on June 22, 2022.
“The case has since been filed at the court and the hearing is scheduled for tomorrow Monday, June 27, 2022,” a Ghana Police Service statement signed by Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Chief Superintendent Of Police, Director, Public Affairs.
Read the Police statement in the attachment below:
