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In the heat of the protests and the clashes which resulted in the arrests of several individuals, the Ghana Police Service allegedly arrested a BBC journalist and his cameraman and taken to the police headquarters. The Ghana Police Service have released a communique that the claims are false and they have not made such arrest. Below is the full statement from the police service.
“The attention of the Police have been drawn to an erroneous report by a section of the media that a BBC reporter and his cameraman have been arrested.
The Police would like to put on record that the report is false and should be disregarded.
The facts are that in dispersing the illegal demonstrators, a group of them were picked up and sent to the Police Station. During their screening process, two persons identified themselves as journalists and were immediately allowed to go.
While we assure the public of our commitment to work with all stakeholders in our quest to ensure security law and order, we want to urge all the other stakeholders to
be circumspect in the discharge of their responsibilities since they have implications on the image and reputation of other stakeholders”.
