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Social Activist, Field Marshall Ayi disclosed that he was not given any reason for his arrest until he attended court.
Last week, he was one of the 53 protestors who were released on bail following public outrage.
During an appearance on JoyNews’ The Law on Sunday, October 13, Mr Ayi shared the story of his sudden arrest on Monday, September 23, which occurred during the last day of a protest against illegal mining.
He claims he was not close to the protest site when he was taken into custody.
“On Monday, one of our colleagues came to pick me up from Dzorwulu, on our way, that’s when we heard that most of our guys were being arrested so those were not picked up yet, we decided to converge and decide what we were going to do forward. So we met at Vienna City at Circle. We were having a few drinks when the police just barged in on us and said everyone is arrested and picked us up.”
“Ideally, we expect when arrested, you will be told your Miranda rights – the right to remain silent and those other things. None of those things were said.
“We were not told the reason for the arrest. It was just that usual rhetoric they always throw about ‘order from above.’ In fact, I didn’t know why I was arrested until we got to court – that’s two days after,” he added.
Mr Ayi reported that the police showed up at Vienna City with four pick-up trucks and a police bus, taking into custody seven people from the event.
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