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<\/p>\nThe Chairman of the People\u2019s National Convention [PNC], Bernard Mornah, has sued the Inspector General of Police [IGP], for allowing personnel of the Service to arrest him unlawfully, during a peaceful protest by the Ghana-Togo Solidarity movement in December 2017.<\/p>\n
About 19 persons, including Mr. Mornah, were arrested by the Nima Police on December 16, 2017, 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
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[contextly_sidebar id=”Lwd6R03ksfXJhhLRoMrsxbdaLknCTd50″]According to the Police, they had earlier permitted Bernard Mornah and his group to undertake the march, however, they informed him later to cancel it due to operational challenges and intelligence that another group was trying to interrupt their activity.<\/p>\n
But Mr. Mornah denied the claim, saying that he had assured the Police the peaceful march required very little or no police presence.<\/p>\n
Mornah also added the Attorney General to the suit, praying the court to declare that his rights have been trampled upon.<\/p>\n
The PNC Chairman in his writ wants a declaration from the court to the effect that \u201cmy right to personal liberty has been violated\u2026 that my right to dignity has been violated\u2026 that my freedom of assembly, including freedom to take part in processions and demonstrations, has been violated\u2026adjudge and declare that my right to administrative justice has been violated by the 1st respondent [IGP].\u201d<\/p>\n
He also wants the IGP and the Attorney General to compensate with \u201cthe sum of GHc136, 960.50 being the cost incurred by the Ghana-Togo solidarity movement in organizing the aborted rally.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police treated me worse than a drug lord<\/strong><\/p>\n Bernard Mornah had earlier described the treatment meted out to him by the Police following his arrest as being worse than how convicted drug lords are handled.<\/p>\n \u201cThey just caught me like a cow, threw me in the bucket of the pickup as if I\u2019m for the slaughterhouse. Two policemen\u00a0jumped into the car with their guns on my head. When I pulled out my phone to call my lawyer, they said put off your phone or we\u2019ll shoot you. They turned on their sirens, came onto the Kanda Highway and meandered through traffic with all motorists\u2019 eyes on me. Escobar, the notorious drug baron, was not even treated the way I was treated.\u201d<\/p>\n Kan-Dapaah ordered my arrest \u2013 Bernard Mornah alleges<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Bernard Mornah is convinced that the frustration of his planned peace march was orchestrated by the National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n According to him, the minister took the action in order to protect the image of the Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbe, whom he claims is Mr. Kan-Dapaah\u2019s close friend.<\/p>\n \u2018Defiant\u2019 Mornah stages another Ghana-Togo solidarity rally<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite being frustrated early on, Mornah on December 30, 2017, led his group to stage the rally <\/a><\/strong><\/span>in Accra to draw the attention of local and international authorities to the political crisis in Togo.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Bernard-Mornah-stages-another-togo-ghana-solidarity-protest-5.jpg\")
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