{"id":152291,"date":"2015-09-17T05:45:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T05:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152291"},"modified":"2015-09-17T07:16:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T07:16:35","slug":"this-cant-be-democracy-flogged-gabby-fumes-at-mahama-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/this-cant-be-democracy-flogged-gabby-fumes-at-mahama-police\/","title":{"rendered":"‘This can\u2019t be democracy’; flogged Gabby fumes at Mahama, police\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, has lashed out at the Ghana Police for manhandling demonstrators who took part in Wednesday’s demonstration to demand the creation of a new voters’ register.<\/p>\n
The demonstration that sought to petition the Electoral Commission (EC), to replace the current voters\u2019 register, ended abruptly, after police fired tear gas and bartered some demonstrators with batons and horsewhips.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n According to the police, it only used required minimum force to disperse some of the violent demonstrators who had defied the route for the protest, a claim the organizers have rubbished.<\/p>\n Among the demonstrators allegedly manhandled were the NPP\u2019s Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, whose bruises have since been treated at a hospital after he was bartered with batons and horse whips.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>\u00a0on Thursday, the former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute denied breaking any law together with the demonstrators, insisting the police acted unprofessionally.<\/p>\n