Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, says the arrest of protesters at the 37 Trotro station is not only unlawful, but shameful and backward.

This was after individuals who had joined Accra-based civil society group, Democracy Hub, to demonstrate against the rising cost of living and high levels of corruption in the country were rounded up by the police and bused to the Accra Regional Police Command where they are still being kept.

According to Sammy Gyamfi, the police’s action is an odious abuse of fundamental human rights, and should not happen in any democratic country governed by the rule of law.

“Even more reprehensible is the fact that, some of the unlawfully arrested protestors have had their phones illegally siezed and have been subjected to beatings and all manner of inhumane and degrading treatments by the Ghana Police Service,” he added.

He stated that what is more disappointing is the fact that this “heinous barbarism is happening under the watch and leadership of an IGP, who many thought will be different.”

On behalf of the NDC, he condemned the conduct of the Ghana Police Service and demanded the immediate release of all the unlawfully arrested and detained protesters.

“Mr. IGP; after all the support and goodwill you have enjoyed from Ghanaians since your appointment, we certainly deserve better from you. Enough of the institutionalized tyranny! Release the protestors NOW!” he concluded.