The Ghana Police Service has arrested 26 persons for allegedly demonstrating, unlawfully, at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Accra.
The protestors, in the early hours of yesterday, thronged major streets leading to the EC, amidst the burning of car tyres, pelting stones and causing heavy vehicular traffic and congestion.
The police said the suspects are made up of 15 males and 11 females. It said all the 26 persons have been cautioned as investigations continue, but those found culpable will be made to face the law.
It added that all suspects are being taken through due process and provisionally cautioned on the offenses of Unlawful Assembly, holding of Special Event without notification and Obstruction.
The police explained that the protestors were dispersed through the use of a “non-lethal riot control management approach.
