Some people want to destabilize the country – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that some individuals are nursing the idea of attempting to destabilize the country.
Stressing his view during an interview on Metro TV, the minister said the conduct surrounding recent demonstrations presented evidence of this.
Apart from the violence that marred the Arise Ghana demonstration, he also recalled an earlier demonstration in which organisers sought permission for armed private security.
“We don’t need to mince words about it, and there is a trajectory. First, there was a group that wanted to demonstrate with weapons.”
“Then, there was this group that said they wanted to demonstrate at night or to demonstrate from the evening throughout the night till the next morning and the police raised obvious security questions,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah said.
The organisers of the Arise Ghana demonstration had wanted their protest march to run into the evening, but were barred from doing so by the court.
“Can you imagine what would have happened at night if indeed some of these things were allowed to continue throughout the night?”
29 people were apprehended by the police on Tuesday 28th June 2022 after the Arise Ghana protestors and police officers clashed during a protest at the Nkrumah Interchange.
Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the angry crowd who were also pelting stones at the police.
The police service said 12 of its officers were left injured by the incident.
