General News of Thursday, 21 November 2019Source: citinewsroom.comSeparatist group’s gathering to declare Western Togoland independent was disguised – Police80-year-old leader of the group, Papavi Hogbedetor being escortedThe Ghana Police service has said that the meeting held by the Homeland Study Group Foundation to declare Western Togoland an independent state was disguised as a funeral or social gathering. The Volta Regional Security Council on November 19, arrested 10 members of the separatist movement, Homeland Study Group Foundation. The five, believed to be members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation, are to reappear in court on December 4, 2019. Peter Godfriend Edem was said to be the Master of Ceremonies [MC] at the event where the Western Togoland independence was declared. The Homeland Study Group Foundation, (HSGF), which has been campaigning for the secession of some parts of Ghana into an independent ’Western Togoland State’ declared their independence on Saturday.

Source: GhanaWeb November 21, 2019 13:18 UTC