Police drop charges against LMVCA
The police has dropped the charges against some key members of the pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance.
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The police had earlier charged the members for destroying state properties during the September 16 demonstration held in Accra.
But according to one of the members of the group who was arrested, the police had no case considering the evidence and video recording they had.
He said they were to go to court on Thursday but for some unknown reasons the charges against them were dropped.
He told Accra-based Citi FM that, they were prepared for the charges leveled against them because Ghanaians witnessed what ensued between members of the pressure group and the Ghana Police Service.
“After all the brutality they meted against us the protesters...with one of us losing an eye...we have people been beaten and brutalised, hot water canon being poured on us, upon all these they wanted to take us to court giving the video evidence out there in the public domain?" he asked.
“But I am sure Ghanaians listening and watching events that have unfolded on September 16 will make their own deduction as to why the police have withdrawn their case”, he said.
Two weeks ago members of the Let My Vote Count Alliance picketed the streets of Accra to send their petition to the Electoral Commission (EC) office but the police used tear gas and other missiles to disperse the protesters after they veered off the routes assigned to them.
The protesters on Tuesday secured clearance from the court to embark on another demonstration to send their petition to the office of the EC but later in the day the police secured an injunction from the court to stop the protesters from embarking on another demonstration.