Organizer of the ‘Hands Off Our Hotels’ demonstration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed his disappointment with the police for their treatment of some demonstrators.
“Let me condemn what the police did, this is a peaceful march, our people conducted themselves well so why do you fire tear gas on innocent civilians? Now we have to rush a few to the hospital?
“The Police will be held accountable if anything happens to them. They can’t take the law into their own hands and intimidate innocent citizens.”
He emphasized that the police would be held accountable for any harm caused to the demonstrators. “They cannot take the law into their own hands and intimidate innocent citizens.”
The police halted the demonstration protesting the sale of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) hotels midway through their march on Tuesday, June 19.
Instead of reaching the agreed endpoint at Christ The King, they were stopped on the Switchback Road in Cantonments, Accra.
“Is this the Christ the King?” He questioned the Police while speaking on the New Central on TV3.
He added that some protesters had been taken to the hospital for treatment after being affected by the tear gas.
“Some of the demonstrators have been rushed to the hospital. If anything happens to any demonstrators we will hold the Police accountable,” he said.