The chirps are still suspended in the air in Ghana as the police and a group of demonstrators whose actionable platform is greater national reforms remained at loggerheads hours after clashes marred the event.
The salient points to be identified in the confusion are police defence of the arrests made so far of 49 demonstrators.
The police say they violated the Public Order Act by straying to the precincts of the seat of government, which is a security zone. According to the police, the action taken to ward off that danger was right. Otherwise, the police have always protected such civic activity to the hilt in full compliance with democratic freedoms.
Despite the arbitrary arrests, two persons identified to be local journalists were freed from police custody.
The Ghana police have also refuted allegations that two BBC journalists were among those arrested. The police statement said there is no iota of truth in the sentiments being peddled and should be disregarded.
Leaders of the demonstrations, some of whom were picked up by the police to unspecified destinations, are so far muted. However, their enraged allies continue to spit fire, saying the brutalities meted out to their kindred in the struggle opens a fluid chapter in the national political journey.
