Police blur the line between invitations and arrests – Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah

“More often than not, you are invited, and being a law-abiding citizen who wants to see that justice is done or that truth is ascertained, you attend the invitation only to go there, and after giving the information that the police require from you, you are told you can’t leave,” he said.

Legal practitioner and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah, has criticised law enforcement agencies for blurring the distinction between inviting citizens to assist investigations and placing them under arrest.

He argued that once a person’s freedom to leave was restricted, law enforcement officers must recognise the change in circumstances and take steps to safeguard the person’s constitutional rights.