Bridget Otoo, a broadcaster for Metro TV, has claimed that police assaulted her and other protesters during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration.
Protesters demanding the release of their coworkers who had been arrested caused chaos to break out at the Greater Accra Regional Police Headquarters.
Because she had recorded the police’s brutality toward the protesters, Bridget Otoo claimed that the police tore her dress, physically assaulted her and the other participants, and also took away her phone.
The protesters have been calling for a number of reforms, such as lower living expenses, an end to corruption, and better governance.
Legal proceedings are scheduled for Friday, and the protesters’ attorneys have stated that they intend to ask for bail for their clients.
#OccupyJulorbiHouse: Bridget Otoo outlines what she wants to be fixed in Ghana. #JoyNews pic.twitter.com/4LbW9CQBZl
— JoyNews (@JoyNewsOnTV) September 21, 2023
Relatedly, the initial picketers were detained and taken to the Cocobod police station. Initially, the Democracy Hub-led organizers had intended to hold a protest near the Jubilee House from Thursday, September 21, to Saturday, September 23, 2023.
They had also informed the police of their plans.
The police said in a statement on September 20, 2023, that they had petitioned the court for an injunction to stop the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration and were awaiting the court’s ruling before taking any further action.
The Ghana Police Service issued a second statement claiming that serving documents had been sent to the organizers’ attorneys in response to the protest organizers’ claim that they had not been served.
On September 21, some Ghanaians who attended the scheduled protest were detained by the Ghana Police Service early that morning and transported to the police station by bus.
On September 21 at 6 a.m., police and additional security were gathered in front of the Jubilee House.
