NDC Demands Police Inquiry Into Brutalization Of Anti New Register Protestors

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded a probe into the alleged brutalization of demonstrators, who marched during the delivery of the 2020 State Of The Nation Address (SONA).

A statement signed by party General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the probe should be instituted immediately.

“…an immediate institution of a police inquiry into the use of the brute force on the protesters and issue punitive sanction where necessary,” Mr. Asiedu Nketia said.

The brutalized protestors, included the NDC’s Deputy General Secretary, Peter Boamah-Otukonor. They are said to have been sprayed with hot water mixed with unknown chemicals by the Accra Regional Police.

Director of Operations at the Regional Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Kwesi Ofori, had ordered that water cannons be opened on the protestors.

“The cruel and barbaric manner in which the police used unjustifiable force in an attempt to suppress the constitutional rights of Ghanaians to protest peacefully was totally disproportionate and unwarranted. This callous application of force resulted in physical injuries to some of the protesters including our Deputy General Secretary in charge of Operations, Mr. Peter Boamah Otokunor,” Mr. Asiedu Nketia wrote.

He added, “To top this aberrant behaviour of the goons under the authority of Kwesi Ofori, our MPs decried the harassment and intimidation by armed military men and heavily jacked-up SWAT/National Security Operatives who uncharacteristically [were] stationed in the Chambers of the House. We roundly condemn this utterly unacceptable and despicable security arrangement.”

The NDC General Secretary however, lauded the decision by the Minority MPs in Parliament to boycott yesterday’s SONA.