The Accra High Court has dismissed an application by the Ghana Police Service seeking an injunction to block a planned anti-galamsey demonstration organised by the Generational Rights Protection Society (GRPS), led by media personalities Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah and Kwame Appiah Kubi.
The ruling, delivered on Friday, April 25, 2025, clears the way for the protest scheduled for April 28-29, 2025, to proceed as planned.
The Ghana Police Service had filed the application on April 23, 2025, requesting the court to halt the demonstration, citing concerns over public safety and order.
According to an affidavit submitted by General Sergeant Armstrong Ankomah of the Greater Accra Regional Police Headquarters, the organisers failed to respond to a police letter regarding the event and did not secure a permit to use Liberation Square, opposite Jubilee House, which is controlled by the Ghana Armed Forces.
