TWO POLICE officers are undergoing emergency surgery following an injury they suffered during the first day of the protest by Arise Ghana at Nkrumah Circle in Accra.
The police have said the number of personnel injured during the first day has increased from 12 to 15.
Per the statement, 13 of the officers have been treated and discharged with the exception of the two, who are undergoing emergency operation.
Police reports have indicated that without any provocation, the demonstrators started pelting them with stones, leading to the injury of the said officers.
Chief Supt Ansah-Akrofi, Director of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service, in an earlier statement, said the injured officers were treated in a police mobile hospital but were later transferred to the Police Hospital for further treatment.
She indicated that some police vehicles parked by the road side were also damaged in the course of the riot.
Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery; the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare; the Director General in charge of Welfare, DCOP Habiba Twumasi and some senior police officers yesterday visited some of the victims currently on admission at the Police Hospital.
The Inspector General of Police expressed his appreciation to the public for their show of love and support to the affected officers.
Meanwhile, the 29 persons who were arrested for the alleged breach of law during Tuesday’s Arise Ghana demonstration have been granted police inquiry bail.
According to the National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, the suspects required a guarantor in the civil service earning at least GH¢2,000, as part of the bail condition.
Mr. Addo said with the help of their families, they were in the process of meeting the condition.
It would be recalled that the 29 persons were arrested after the Arise Ghana protestors and police officers clashed during a demonstration at the Nkrumah Interchange.
Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the angry crowd, who continued to pelt stones at the police.
BY Linda Tenyah-Ayettey