General News of Tuesday, 26 November 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comIGP justifies use of water cannons on law studentsThe violence began following disagreement over the route of the demonstration. The decision by the police to use water cannons to disperse law students who were protesting to demand reforms to legal education in Ghana is not wrong, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh has said. He was emphatic that the use of the water cannons was a timely invention to ensure the crowd did not overpower the police. Police, according to reports, used water cannons and fired rubber bullets at the students who had occupied the Ako-Adjei Interchange resulting in heavy vehicular traffic. In support, the IGP in an exclusive interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme, Tuesday said, the police were right to use water cannons.

Source: GhanaWeb November 26, 2019 20:03 UTC