Nana Akomea, the managing director of the State Transport Corporation (STC), has lent his support to the "Arise Ghana" protest against the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration.
The organisation planned their protest to start today and go through June 29 in Accra with the intention of drawing attention to the nation's economic and governance problems.
However, there is a commotion about the demonstration's proposed route and schedule.
The organisers of the protest, who wanted to "proceed via the Nima Police Station street to the Arko-Agyei inter-change and terminate at the Frontage of the Jubilee House where we would picket till 10PM," were unable to hold it, so they obtained a High Court injunction to stop their conditions, the police said.
In a statement, the Police said that they "pleaded with the organisers to reconsider the time frame and start the demonstration early in the day and end before nightfall," but that "on June 22, 2022, the Police received a verbal response from the organisers to the effect that they are unable to change the time of the demonstration."
"The Police have had no choice but to submit the procedure to the court for resolution due to the lack of agreement between the Police and the organisers on the time for protest and place for their planned picketing," they said. Arise Ghana was formally informed of this in a letter dated June 20, 2022.
The Arise Ghana organisers are also requesting a review of the High Court's decision regarding their planned protest.
"As a result, attorneys for Arise Ghana have submitted a notice of appeal and a request for a stay of the aforementioned order's execution. It has been properly served on the police. The demonstration will go according to plan, "a group statement was read.
Nana Akomea made a similar request on the group's behalf, pleading with the Police to let them to carry out their rally.
He claims that there is nothing improper about the paths that the protesters have selected, thus he wants "them started their performance. Although it is their prerogative, they ought to make demands that would damage their own cause ".