The Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem Sai, has justified the decision by the Attorney General's Office to direct the to withdraw an injunction application against the planned anti-galamsey (illegal mining) demonstration by the Generational Rights Protection Society (GRPS).
According to the Deputy AG, the withdrawal of the application was made at the instance of the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, following meetings with security agencies. "After two meetings with the security and intelligence agencies yesterday, the Attorney-General directed that the application for an injunction to restrain the anti-galamsey demonstrators be withdrawn. "The injunction application was duly withdrawn this morning," Justice Sai wrote on his Facebook page following the withdrawal of the injunction application by the police during a hearing on Friday, April 25, 2025, and its subsequent striking out by the Accra High Court.
The 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, located opposite Jubilee House, which is controlled by the Ghana Armed Forces.
