As part of efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus in Ghana, the
government placed a ban on public gatherings and partially locked down the
Greater Accra and Kumasi Metropolitan areas.
The six who are all males according to the police violated the directive
and attended a party on the 18th of April 2020.
In default, the six convicts will each serve five years in prison.
All the six pleaded guilty to conspiracy not to comply with restrictions
imposed by the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012) and failure to
comply with Act 1012.
In the facts presented to the court by the prosecution, the six were
part of about fifty people who attended the party at Teshie, First Junction.
About the arrest
According to police, they (police) went to the venue upon a tip-off and
managed to arrest the six people who took to their heels alongside the other
persons at the party.
Giving her judgment, the judge Efia Owusua Appiah explained her decision
is to serve as a deterrent to other people.
Police
arrest 406 persons for flouting lockdown, ban on gatherings
The Ghana Police Service had earlier disclosed that
some 406 persons have been arrested for violating the partial lockdown
directive and the ban on public gatherings.
This was disclosed by ACP Lydia Donkor, Head of Legal and Prosecution,
Accra Regional Police Command today, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at a press
briefing organized by the Ministry of Information.
“So far, 406 persons have been arrested with 103 in custody. 248 have
been granted bail and 41 have been processed for court,” she said.
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