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Organizers of just-ended Fortiz or what was labeled �For Thieves� Demonstration were reeking of alcohol suspected to be �Akpeteshie� a strong local spirit, The True Spokesman can report. Journalists from, The True Spokesman who followed the demonstrators cited leading members such as Owusu Bempah and Kenneth Kuranchie of the Daily Searchlight of being heavily drunk and sweating profusely all throughout the march. Journalists all of who spoke with the prior and after the march, kept or maintained a considerable measure of distance obviously because of the �fuze� being blown. One of the journalists from one of the radio stations who confided in one of The True Spokesman�s reporters said: �As for Owusu diee his month smells of stinking alcohol blended with wee. I wonder where he passed before this demonstration.� Some of the other organizers like Atik Mohammed were almost missing in action whereas personalities like Sammy Awuku and Titus Glover, MP for Tema East were acquiescent to grant media interviews as they did not want to come into close contact with the pressmen �for God knows why.� The demonstration was against the sale of Merchant Bank to Fortiz Private Equity and close to 30 individuals dressed in red and carrying all sorts of placards joined the march which started at the Obra Spot and ended at the Accra Hearts of Oat Park.