A Security Expert Dr Adam Bonaa has said that compared to what happened in previous years, there have been significant improvements in how Police manage demonstrations in Ghana currently.
For him, it is important to recognize the improvements while also talking about the excesses. "Over the years there have been significant improvements, it is important to acknowledge the improvement while talking about the duty not to be excessive.
The police had a duty on the day to ensure law and order because we saw some of them [protesters] literally take the law into their own hands "We are all against galamsey but if you are demonstrating you don't take the law into your own hands," he said on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, September 28.
He added "NDC organised a demonstration recently and about one million people hit the streets nationwide, apart from the isolated case in Kumasi, we did not hear any violence." The state preferred 8 counts of offenses including offensive conduct to the breach of peace and stealing to to some of the protesters.