{"id":116977,"date":"2015-05-18T05:02:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T05:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=116977"},"modified":"2015-05-17T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T20:04:22","slug":"photos-how-the-police-saved-halidu-at-the-dumsor-vigil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=116977","title":{"rendered":"[Photos] How the Police saved Halidu at the Dumsor vigil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC), Alhaji Halidu Haruna who called some women celebrities names for criticizing the government&#8217;s handling of the energy crisis on social media attempted to participate in Saturday&#8217;s Dumsor vigil.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116943\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116943\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-6.jpg\" alt=\"Dumsormuststop vigil\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-6.jpg 675w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alhaji Halidu Haruna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The vigil saw over thousands of Ghanaians pouring out in their numbers on the streets between the University of Ghana and the Tetteh Quarshie roundabout with the aim of protesting the worsening power situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Haruna came to the vigil with a very big black painted \u2018Bobo\u2019 and granted interviews to some media houses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116946\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-9.jpg\" alt=\"halidu rescued (9)\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-9.jpg 675w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But his luck run out \u00a0when one of the protesters pointed him out to the crowd.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116945\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116945\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-8.jpg\" alt=\"Dumsormuststop vigil\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-8.jpg 675w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dumsormuststop vigil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though he had apologized for the comments, the protesters pelted him\u00a0with sachet water and hooted at him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-116947\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-10.jpg\" alt=\"halidu rescued (10)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-10.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some tried to beat him up but some the\u00a0Police personnel around came to his rescue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-116948\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-11.jpg\" alt=\"halidu rescued (11)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-11.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-11-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was later whisked into one of the Police vehicles and moved from the vigil grounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116940\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-3.jpg\" alt=\"halidu rescued (3)\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116941\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-4.jpg\" alt=\"halidu rescued (4)\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-4.jpg 675w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-rescued-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-whisked-away.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-116985\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-whisked-away.jpg\" alt=\"halidu whisked away\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-whisked-away.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/halidu-whisked-away-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" 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