Yvonne Nelson, 2 others announce changes to date and venue for #DumsorMustStop protest

Conveners of the #DumsorMustStop protest have announced new changes to their intended protest against erratic power cuts in the country.

The intended protest which was earlier scheduled to happen on May 25 at the Revolution Square near the Jubilee house will now take place on June 8.

Selorm Dzramado, Yvnonne Nelson and Henry Akoto, the conveners of the protest said the place of convergence will now be in front of the University of Ghana and protesters will walk to the Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout.

• Police seek court order to stop #DumsorMustStop protest at Revolution Square

At the roundabout, a podium will be mounted for speeches, after which protesters will disperse. The new time of the vigil will be from 2 pm as against the initial 8 am till 10 pm.

Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service is seeking a court order to restrain the protest from happening at the Revolution Square.

In a suit filed by the Ghana Police on May 20 sighted by 3News, the Ghana Police Service is praying for an injunction to be placed on the intended protest against Dumsor.

“That I am finally advised and verily hold same to be true that this is just a cause for this Honourable Court to exercise its jurisdiction in the interest of public order, public safety, defence and effective policing to issue an order to prohibit or restrain the Respondents, their agents, assigns and any one claiming through them from holding the intended picketing or demonstration at the Revolution Square opposite the Jubilee House,” the writ stated.

The court will rule on the Police’s request on Friday, May 24 at 9 am.

Background

The conveners on May 9 served notice to the police about their intended vigil against Dumsor at the Revolution Square close to the Jubilee House on May 25 from 8 am till midnight.

Selorm Dzramado, Yvnonne Nelson and Henry Akoto, the conveners of the protest were subsequently invited by the Accra Regional Police Command for a meeting on May 15 over their intended protest.

After the meeting, the Police directed the conveners to relocate the destination of the protest as the Jubilee House is a security zone.

The Ghana Police Service maintained that it categorised the Jubilee House as a security zone after a security threat assessment conducted by the Police Command in collaboration with the Intelligence Unit at the National Police Headquarters.