{"id":447787,"date":"2017-12-16T22:19:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T22:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/mornah-released-after-hours-in-prison-for-illegal-march\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T22:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T22:19:03","slug":"mornah-released-after-hours-in-prison-for-illegal-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/mornah-released-after-hours-in-prison-for-illegal-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Mornah released after hours in prison for illegal march"},"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>Myjoyonline.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\/61671255.295.jpg\" alt=\"Monah Released\" title=\"Monah Released\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Bernard Mornah speaks to the press after his release<\/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\/1513462743_435_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Nima police have released People\u2019s National Convention Chairman, Benard Mornah and Irbard Ibrahim, a security analyst, who were arrested earlier Saturday alongside 16 others for staging an unauthorized rally.<\/p>\n<p>The rally was to draw the attention of local and international authorities to the political crisis in Togo.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Mr. Mornah had written to the police demanding reasons for his arrest and whether or not he would be granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Joy News&#8217; Daniel Dadzie after his release, Mr. Mornah said he had written to the Inspector General of Police requesting police presence at their rally but was called just Friday to be informed that the police were short of personnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026It was not until yesterday that DSP Kwasi Ofori called me to meet with the Regional Police Commander, George Mensah. When I went they told me that their officers are overstretched because within the period, over 1,500 of them have been called to write promotional exams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told them that this was not a demonstration, it was not a protestation but a rally so one or two policemen will be enough so I will be expecting them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Mornah, the police came in Rambo-style and arrested them on their way back from the said rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026then on the return, they came and started chasing people. When I got down to ask them what the problem was, they took me like a piece of wood and threw me into the bucket of a pickup that I was under arrest on orders from above,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwile, Member of Parliament for Kunbungu Ras Mubarak is demanding the immediate release of the other 16. He says it is unfair for them to be held in custody because violating the laws of demonstration is a bailable offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolating the laws that deal with demonstration is a bailable offense so I don\u2019t think we should be making exemptions for people in high places, I am taken aback that the others are still in custody,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filing this report, Mr. Mornah was still at the police station in a bid to facilitate the release of the 16 others, PNC Deputy General Secretary, Haruna Mohammed told Joy News.<\/p>\n<p>The police have not been available to comment on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrFWvNtgKJU\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eTcUNC3JSRw\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GyTx7Xz9nJs\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: 3 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-16 Bernard Mornah speaks to the press after his release The Nima police have released People\u2019s National Convention Chairman, Benard Mornah and Irbard Ibrahim, a security analyst, who were arrested earlier Saturday alongside 16 others for staging an unauthorized rally. 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