UK police grant permission for Ghana election demo

The Metropolitan Police in London on 4th April, 2013 cleared the way for Ghanaian residents in United Kingdom called The Concerned Ghanaians Against Electoral Fraud (COGEF) and other Ghanaian groups in London for their impending highly publicised demonstration on Friday, 12th April 2013 to be staged in the heart of Central London. COGEF and other Ghanaians in the Diaspora intend to drag the Ghana Electoral Commission and Prez John Mahama on the Streets of London against what they call “the Subversion of Ghana’s Constitution through electoral fraud” perpetuated during the recent general elections held in December 2012.

The Met Police after receiving the completed required application form plus a copy of the Petition to be presented by the demonstrators accordingly granted the permission.

The demonstration with the Met Police protection starts from 10:00am prompt at the Ghana High Commission in UK, 13 Belgrave Square, Victoria, SW1X, 8PS Central London, where the first petition will be presented to the High Commissioner H.E. Prof Kwaku Danso Boafo, who has been officially informed through his Welfare Director, Mr Blankson about the planned protest.
The demonstrators will then move on to the Trafalgar Square, where petitions will be presented to the following:

Source: GhanaWeb

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