Dr George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has warned officers against engaging in any sort of wrongdoing as they deploy to guard Arise Ghana protesters.
He advised the officers to maintain order since today, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, protesters will take to the streets to march against the administration.
According to Dr Dampare, the police must treat the protesters the same way they would want to be treated if they were on the opposing side.
Dr Dampare warned his soldiers to be as professional as they can to show the world that Ghana is a beacon of democracy in his address to the officers this morning, ahead of the planned Arise Ghana rally.
He said: “We should continue to remember that those demonstrators are human beings like us, those demonstrators are Ghanaians like us, they are our brothers and sisters and, therefore, we should treat them with all the respect, civility and the dignity each and every human being deserves. In effect, we should treat them the way we would like to be treated if we were on the other side”.
“We are deploying two mobile police hospitals for the purpose of this demonstration both for yourself and also for any demonstrator that may need our assistance in this regard. We want to show the world that as a country our democracy is growing from strength to strength and this is the finest opportunity to demonstrate that and we cannot miss this opportunity,” he noted.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Solomon Nartey
