{"id":447705,"date":"2017-12-16T14:54:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T14:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/police-arrest-mornah-irbard-general-news-2017-12-16\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T14:54:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T14:54:36","slug":"police-arrest-mornah-irbard-general-news-2017-12-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/police-arrest-mornah-irbard-general-news-2017-12-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest Mornah, Irbard | General News 2017-12-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/15621630.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mornah Arrested\" title=\"Mornah Arrested\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Chairman of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah behind bars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513436076_171_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Chairman of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, and security analyst Irbard Ibrahim, were arrested by the Nima Police Command on Saturday morning for taking part in an illegal gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The two were picked up by the police along with others who had gathered at the Kawukudi Park near Accra Girls Senior High School to garner support for the people of Togo who want the Gnassingbe dynasty gone.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mornah said the action of the police was \u201cuncouth\u201d adding that he was at a loss as to why the Police Director of Operations for the Accra Command, Chief Superintendent Kwesi Ofori and his men would do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Kwesi Ofori] said he has instructions from above to scatter our gathering,\u201d Mr Mornah told TV3\u2019s Prince Affum.<\/p>\n<p>Following a show of resistance by the crowd, Mr Kwesi Ofori called for reinforcement that led to the arrest of the two men.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mornah said the police \u201cthrew me into the Pickup as a piece of wood and brought me to the police station\u201d, despite, he claimed, having notified the police of the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, described his arrest in \u201csuch archaic form\u201d as \u201cstrange\u201d and accused National Security Minister, Albert Ken-Dapaah, of \u201chobnobbing\u201d with the government of Togo, which, in his view, suggested that \u201cGhana is complicit in the undemocratic order in Togo.\u201d \u201cThis is very unfortunate\u201d, Mr Mornah added.<\/p>\n<p>A letter dated 5 December 2017 concerning the rally at Kawukudi by a group calling itself Ghana-Togo Solidarity Movement which Mr Mornah signed, said: \u201cOur rally is to draw attention to the decaying situation in Togo. 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