10 arrested for Pelting Stones at Police

A total of 10 persons have been arrested by the Winneba District Police Command for pelting stones at police officers during a protest over the alleged sale of lands at the Winneba Ramsar site.

Ghana Police Service had earlier cautioned residents against the scheduled demonstration but they defied the directive, broke barricades, and threw stones at the police officers.

The police fired teargas into the crowd of protestors to disperse them and arrested 10 of them.

The protestors, clad in red and black were led through some principal streets of Winneba by Mr James Kofi Annan to register their displeasure over the alleged sale of a Ramsar site where deers are caught for the Aboakyire festival celebrations.

Mr Annan stated that the residents vehemently opposed the sale of the Ramsar site to Greenhouse Metal Resources or any other company ready to acquire it as private property.

They alluded that there had been several attempts since 2007, to covert the area into a mining site.

“At the time the Caribbean Atlantic Holding Ghana Limited applied to the minerals commission for a mining concession but it was opposed. In 2016 Elite Resources did the same, in 2012 Obotan Resources Limited also did the same and were all turned down,” he said.

He added that they are very alarmed by Green Metal Resources Limited although the minerals commission has denied their mining license application they are passionately protesting against any attempt by any company to mine in the Aboakyir hunting grounds.