The leadership of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are at the Accra Regional Police Command to answer questions over their decision to use unapproved routes during the “wɔn gbo” demonstration.
On Tuesday the Police went to court to enjoin the NPP to stick to the route agreed on.
[contextly_sidebar id=”v32wfdh0qZn46QBgz5dyKd8S2OG6xOre”]But during the protest on Wednesday, some of the organizers reportedly used the Central Business District instead of the agreed TUC-Accra Polytechnic route.
The Police accused the NPP of defying an agreement on the routes used for the protest and indicated that it will invite the party to answer questions to that effect.
“We will be calling them to come and explain their actions,” said Accra Regional Police Commander DCOP Christian Tetteh Yohunu.
Confirming the invitation to Citi News , the National Organizer of the NPP, John Boadu insisted they followed the court’s order.
According to him the party sacrificed its personal gains and marched through only the routes approved by the court.
“If a court gives an order it supersedes that of the Police and even that of our personal gains because our real routes was to use Kwame Nkrumah circle to Parisco to TUC to Accra polytechnic but the court ruling given to us was that we should use TUC and that is exactly what we did and the match was very peaceful.”
He advised the court not “create an impression that there is a problem” between the party and them that is “warranting an invitation.”
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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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