The Accra Regional Police Command is cautioning organizers and participants of Saturday\u2019s \u2018DumsorMustStop vigil\u2019 to desist from making noise during the procession.<\/p>\n
The call is aimed at ensuring the ban on drumming and noise making imposed by the Ga Traditional Council ahead of their annual Homowo festival is adhered to.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”JpyO31ka9M21u5V0rYGb6FHymmgNevlf”]The Accra Regional Police PRO, ASP Afia Tenge in an interview with Citi News<\/strong> said persons interested in taking part in the vigil should take note that \u201cthis is not the usual demonstrations that we all know where it is usually associated with noise.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is very solemn and very noise-free procession so we will implore everyone and other people who will want to be part of this that as they come, they should know that it is not a noise making vigil,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Since some celebrities announced plans to embark on a \u2018\u2018DumsorMustStop vigil\u2019 slated for May 16<\/a><\/strong>,<\/span> they encountered many setbacks which threatened to disrupt the intended exercise.<\/p>\n First, they received both support and condemnation of equal measure from sections of the general public and from some government officials.<\/p>\n The vigil was expected to begin at the stadium on the University of Ghana campus and end at the Green Park opposite the Villagio apartments near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange in Accra.<\/p>\n But the authorities at the University of Ghana in a terse statement warned the organizers<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>not to associate the school with their intended procession since no permission or whatsoever has been sought or granted.<\/p>\n Their second choice venue, Total Ghana\u2019s \u2018On the Run- opposite the university was also not meant to be after the management of Total Ghana turned them away.<\/p>\n Their challenges were far from over as the Ga Traditional Council also petitioned the Police<\/a><\/strong><\/span> not to allow the vigil to take place following the ban imposed on drumming and noise making.<\/p>\n