{"id":152117,"date":"2015-09-17T05:02:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T05:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152117"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:33:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T11:33:33","slug":"npps-gabby-lashed-with-horse-whips-at-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/npps-gabby-lashed-with-horse-whips-at-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP&#8217;s Gabby lashed with horse whips at demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) , Gabby Asare Otchere Darko was flogged with horse whips by the Police on Wednesday, when the Let My Vote Count demonstration turned violent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152337 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-2.jpg\" alt=\"gabby beaten (2)\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-2.jpg 711w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On his twitter handle, Gabby also said some police officers walked up to him and \u00a0attacked him with batons as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was on a peaceful protest, until tear gas, water canons and police batons dispersed the crowd. Walking back, I got arrested and assaulted<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GabbyDarko\/status\/644142532092383232\">September 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Whiles in police custody, another police officer walked to me to lash me with horse whip. Later, another two attacked me with batons.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GabbyDarko\/status\/644143892955308032\">September 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He was attacked together with other protesters after reportedly attempting to move to routes restricted by the Police.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile twenty people including the leader of Let My Vote Count, David Asante were arrested for violating rules regarding the protest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152336 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-1.jpg\" alt=\"gabby beaten (1)\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-1.jpg 711w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gabby-beaten-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The demonstration was staged to demand a new voters&#8217; register for the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) , Gabby Asare Otchere Darko was flogged with horse whips by the Police on Wednesday, when the Let My Vote Count demonstration turned violent. 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