Armed Police personnel has been deployed to Independence Square in the bid to stop the planned \u2018FixTheCountry\u2019 demonstration which was planned for today, May 9, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team from the Formed Police Unit could be seen at the Square with several of their water cannons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photos and videos of them have already hit social media with social media users slamming and describing their actions as backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founder and leader of the Economic Fighters League Ernesto Yeboah reacting on the issue on social media said: \u201cWe are coming with placards, they are coming with hot water cannon machines. How backward. How oppressive. How against the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA state that chooses to oppress rather than liberate. To suffocate rather than enliven. This is why #WeAreAngry and marching to #FixMotherGhana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Police over the week secured an ex-parte injunction preventing the organizers from holding the Protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Police had argued that the restrictions on mass gathering due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 were still in force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They asked the organizers to stop the demonstration or organize it at their own risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following this, the Police have taken cover at Independence Square in the bid to stop the demonstrators should they organize the demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: mynewsghana.net<\/p>\n\n\n\n