The initial picketers have been 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.
Earlier on, following the filing of an injunction application to halt the protest on September 21, the Ghana Police Service has clarified that it has properly served the #OccupyJulorBiHouse protest organizers with the court process.
The Ghana Police Service claims that after submitting the injunction application, it served notice to the protest organizers within the grounds of Jubilee House from September 21, 2023, through September 23, 2023.
The Ghana Police Service had been informed of the protest on Nkrumah Memorial Day by the Accra-based civil society organization organizing it, Democracy Hub, “the President and members of the Economic Management Team to #FixTheCountry in light of the level of economic mismanagement and theft that has engulfed our government from the highest levels.”
“The picketing will also allow citizens to express their opposition to the proposed military intervention in Niger as well as any other government policy decisions or initiatives,” it added.
The group claims that because Nkrumah Memorial Day honors Nkrumah, it is essential to the message they want to convey, “the spirit of resilience and resistance that led the struggle against oppression and dispossession.”
However, the police went ahead and requested the injunction.
