Demo : Law students clash with police, 10 arrested (Photos)

Some law students demonstrating against the recent mass failure at the Ghana Law School entrance exams today clashed with the Ghana Police Service at Sankara overpass in Accra.

The Police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the students who refused to make way for traffic.

For over two hours the situation caused heavy traffic on the Liberation road leading to the Jubilee House. Over 1O students who were part of the demonstrators were arrested.

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The demonstration dubbed '#OpenUpLegalEducation' begun at the Ghana School of Law through to the Ministries and the Liberation road, the protesters stopped at the Ghana Bar Association after they heard that Former President John Mahama was having a meeting with the association.

The activities of the law students disrupted the meeting forcing the President of the Ghana Bar Association, Anthony Forson to address the students, according to him he has received their petition and promised to work on them. He added that he has already called on the General Legal Council to create a system that will allow LLB holders to learn the courses being taught at the law school at the various faculties.

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The demonstrators were halted by the police at the Sankara overpass on the Liberation road, the police stated that they will not allow the law students proceed to the Jubilee House. The tension became high as the police confronted the law students, they were then dispersed with a water cannon and over 10 of the students were arrested.

A cameraman with an online news portal Yen, Joseph Glover was also shot with a rubber bullet as he was told to stop filming the police while they were firing warning shots but refused.

He was later taken to the police hospital according to a police officer who spoke to PrimeNews.

The demonstration of the law students follows the recent failure recorded at the Ghana School of law as only 128 students out of the 1,820 candidates who sat for this year’s entrance exams passed.

The students are calling for the cancellation of the entrance exam and also for the General Legal Council to be dissolved.