Ghanaians Are Suffocating In Hardship – Sarkodie Tells Akufo Addo

Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie has sent another message to President Akufo Addo about the recent hardships being faced by the general public. According to Sarkodie, Ghanaians are Suffocating in hardship.

In Sarkodie’s recent tweet, he made it clear that the citizens of Ghana are really suffering. According to him, the citizens are suffocating in hardships. He added that government officials and other dignitaries in government may not be suffering and for that matter, may overlook the demonstrations that are ongoing.

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He hit hard on the government and asked them to do the needful because if you starve citizens and also asked them to follow rules, then it is called bully.

Ghanaians Are Suffocating In Hardship – Sarkodie Tells Akufo Addo

“Main reason for this demonstration Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is to let you know the people (CITIZENS) are suffocating in hardship! It’s easy to overlook since most of government officials are no where close to the situation on the ground! It’s a Bully when you starve someone and still ask them to follow “Rules” it’s only a matter of time” he tweeted

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Background:

It all started when a demonstration was staged on 21st September, dubbed #occupyJulorbiHouse. The first day of the demonstration started on Thursday, 21st September 2023. The demonstration is being organized by Democracy Hub, a group of young activists.  On that day, the police rounded up 49 protesters who were marching to demand action on the prevailing economic crisis and corruption.

The arrests, especially how they were conducted by the police, triggered harsh criticisms of impeding the constitutional right to protest and deploying highhandedness on the part of the police.

Police sent the detainees to the regional headquarters before splitting them up into about eight police stations dotted across the capital, even as colleague protesters and lawyers worked to secure bail for the detained persons.

In this process, other journalists and protesters who massed up, especially at the Accra Regional Police Command, encountered some amount of police violence, including shoving, forced detention, seizure of phones, and, in the case of others, physical assault.

In their first of two statements on the day, police said the arrests were justified because protesters were defying a court injunction served on them, which they (protesters) denied had been properly served. The second statement addressed the purported arrest of a BBC journalist and his cameraman, which the police dismissed as untrue.