At least 10 protesters have been arrested after the demonstration by law students on Monday ended abruptly.
The demonstration, seeking reforms to legal education in Ghana, started peacefully at the main campus of the Ghana School of Law.
But on their last-ditch effort to present their petition to the president at the Jubilee House was met with resistance from police officers, who claimed the demonstrating students had no permission to enter the presidency.
According to the students, the police lured them to come close but started splashing hot water on them.
Only 128 out of the 1,820 students who sat for the exam passed – just seven per cent.
This sparked national outrage amidst claims that the mass failure is a deliberate attempt by the General Legal Council to deny people access to legal education and make it a preserve of a few.
During the morning protest, the demonstrators mobbed the vehicle of a Deputy Attorney General, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame and temporarily blocked him from moving.
They wanted to exact an assurance from him that the government would listen to their concerns and fix the problem immediately.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com
