{"id":383872,"date":"2017-12-16T15:07:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T15:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=383872"},"modified":"2017-12-16T15:27:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T15:27:05","slug":"atuguba-writes-to-igp-nana-addo-over-mornahs-illegal-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/atuguba-writes-to-igp-nana-addo-over-mornahs-illegal-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Atuguba writes to IGP, Nana Addo over Mornah’s ‘illegal arrest’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Renowned human rights lawyer, Dr. Raymond Atuguba has written to the Nima Police station over the \u201cillegal arrest\u201d of the Chairman of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah.<\/p>\n
In the letter which was also copied to President Akufo-Addo, the Chief Justice, IGP and Attorney General, Dr. Atuguba sought a response from the police on the circumstances under which Mr. Mornah was arrested and what charges had been laid against him.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”bZ5Yg6FSqHWKpzMSFD0JIdriS945S7pe”]Dr. Atuguba, who acts as counsel for Mr. Mornah said he immediately dispatched a staff to gather details about the incident and \u201cthe last report I received from our Staffer was to the effect that some or all of the 20 persons arrested were being processed to be locked up in the Nima Police Station cells.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted in the letter that \u201cthis morning, as the rally was about to commence at the Kawukudi Park, a band of police officers descended upon them, forcibly dispersed the gathering, rounded up about twenty (20) members of the Movement and detained them at the Nima Police Station. As of the time he was speaking to me, he and the others were being held at the Nima Police Station. As at the time of writing this letter, the Police have still not informed them the reason(s) for their arrest and detention and they are still under detention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bernard Mornah and about 12 other people were arrested by the Nima Police on Saturday morning when they gathered as members of the Ghana-Togo Solidarity movement to hold a peaceful march to draw the attention of local and international authorities to the political crisis in Togo.<\/p>\n