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Atik Mohammed of the People National Convention (PNC) has urged Ghana Police Service to review their allegiance to the State and Ghanaians.

Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo, Atik Mohammed lambasted the Police Service claiming they are curtailing the human rights of members of Let My Vote Count (LMVC).

According to him, the Police' law suit against the LMVC members is nothing but tactics to frustrate and prevent them from exercising their freedom of speech.

“They are abusing the legal system to frustrate Let My Vote Count Alliance and to forcibly take their rights to free speech…You keep moving from one court to the other ostensibly to prevent these people from enjoying our constitutional rights.”

The pressure group has been gearing up to re-hold demonstration to petition the Electoral Commission over their request for a new voters' register.

But the Police counter sued the demonstrators to avert their action.

To Atik, the Police seem to be doing the bidding of the incumbent government which in his view is dicey for Ghana's democracy.

This is because, to him, the Police should execute their duties independently and without any political influence from successive governments.

“How are you going to continue doing your work if your loyalty is to individual governments; your loyalty is not to the State…The Police Service; so many challenges have come your way. Corruption stands supreme but this should not be part of your challenges. It is avoidable. The challenge of serving governments and not serving the State, it is something you can avoid. You must not allow and you must not accept," he said.

The PNC devotee implored the Police to stop building blocks in the way of the pressure group to embark on demonstration.

“In any case the Public Order Act does not say that you should give them escort anyway. It says you should be notified which I think they have duly done…What will happen to the Police Service should they allow the Let My Vote Count Alliance to embark on their demonstration?”