{"id":152102,"date":"2015-09-16T14:11:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T14:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152102"},"modified":"2015-09-16T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T15:49:16","slug":"voters-register-demo-leader-19-others-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=152102","title":{"rendered":"Voters register demo: Leader, 19 others arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty people including the leader of pressure group, Let My Vote Count, David Asante have been arrested by the police during the group&#8217;s\u00a0demonstration in Accra on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group staged the protest to push to their demand for a new voters\u2019 register in the build up to the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-2_600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152118 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-2_600x400.jpg\" alt=\"let my vote count demo turn chaotic (2)_600x400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-2_600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-2_600x400-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-6_600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152122 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-6_600x400.jpg\" alt=\"let my vote count demo turn chaotic (6)_600x400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-6_600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/let-my-vote-count-demo-turn-chaotic-6_600x400-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;CHtIOt4ZUK51Wct3msV6nHukAFvdFBGB&#8221;]<strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Duke Mensah Opoku who is with the protestors reported that the police are tight lipped over the arrests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He however indicated that the decision by the protestors to divert the approved routes by the police may have led to the arrests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile the protest is said to have come to an abrupt end at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Adabraka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, there were reports that the police <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/16\/demo-turns-violent-police-fire-tear-gas-arrest-stubborn-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\">fired tear gas<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to prevent\u00a0the crowd from picketing at the premises of the Electoral Commission (EC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty people including the leader of pressure group, Let My Vote Count, David Asante have been arrested by the police during the group&#8217;s\u00a0demonstration in Accra on Wednesday. The group staged the protest to push to their demand for a new voters\u2019 register in the build up to the 2016 general elections. 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