During the first day of the Arise Ghana demonstration, there were fifteen (15) injured police officers (15).
All the officers are being treated at the Police Hospital with two (2) undergoing emergency surgery.
We are grateful to our Interior Minister, Hon. Ambrose Dery, for heading a delegation to the hospital to visit the cops.
The Police Department would like to thank the public for its outpouring of support and affection for the fallen policemen.
While this is going on, the police department in Ghana has also said that those arrested during the Arise Ghana protest will be prosecuted.
The Arise Ghana group's two-day protest began on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022, with violent clashes between police and people.
At the same time, the police said that individuals arrested in connection with disturbances on the first day of the rally would be held accountable.
"Despite the trouble the rally surely caused, we appreciate the support and understanding of the general public.
We continue to express our disappointment at the riotous conduct of the demonstrators on day one, but we commend them for their conduct today which, we hope will serve as a lesson for future events to help us better understand and implement democracy in Ghana," the police said in a statement signed by Director Public Affairs Grace Ansah-Akrofi.
