The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will stage a protest in Accra today, Tuesday, 23 September, against what it described as the selective application of justice by President John Mahama’s government.
The party accused the administration of abusing state power to target its former officials and supporters through politically motivated prosecutions.
NPP National Youth Organiser Salam Mustapha said the protest was cleared with the police under the Public Order Act.
According to the party, the demonstration is intended to draw national attention to what it sees as the unfair treatment of its members and to demand fairness in the justice system.
The protest comes in the wake of several arrests of NPP figures, including Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known as Chairman Wontumi, who was detained by the Economic and Organised Crime Office, and Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, who was picked up by police.
The NPP said other members and sympathisers had also been arrested under politically influenced investigations, which it argues amount to a misapplication of justice.
