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The Ghana Police Service has stated it has begun investigations into the bloody clash between its officers and members of some pressure groups Wednesday.

According to the police, the investigations would look into the allegations by members of the Let My Vote Count Movement (LMVC), Alliance For Accountable Governance (AFAG) and Movement for Change (MC) that the police used excessive force and brutality on them.

Speaking on Asempa FM Thursday, the head of Public Relations at the police’s Criminal Investigative Department, Assitant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Joseph Benefo Darkwa said the Police Service would not shield any member of the service implicated in the chaos.

Pressure groups, LMVC, AFAG and MC staged a demonstration on Wednesday to pressurise the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters’ register.

The rather peaceful protest turned chaotic when some members of the group veered off the approved route, forcing the police to fire tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd.

Some of the demonstrators were also whipped with canes.

About 29 members of the group, including a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, were arrested in the process.

Addressing the use of water cannons and teargas to disperse the crowd, ASP Benefo Darkwa said “it is not the wish of the police to apply force on our fellow brothers but we also have a duty to perform.”

Nonetheless, he said the investigations would be done swiftly and the findings would be made known to the public.