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Reverend Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso
The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has called on the Government to close down, without delay, the alleged Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Intersex Rights (LGBTQI) office in Accra.
It also asked government to arrest and prosecute the brains behind establishing the office.
The action is necessary to prevent the breach of the Ghanaian laws and potential threat to peace.
A statement signed by the Reverend Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso, on behalf of the National Executive Council, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Monday, said government must summon all foreign diplomats who allegedly participated in the opening of the office and let them know that their action was in violation of the sovereignty of the country.
Tension is brewing in the Kwabenya community in the Ga East municipality in the Greater Accra Region following the alleged meeting of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) members in a house there.
Amidst the raging controversy regarding the opening of an office by members of the Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Transgender Queer and Intersexed community (LGBTQI), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered for the swift closure of same at Tesano in Accra.
A combined team of heavily armed police accompanied by armed National Security officials in mufti trooped the alleged LGBTQI premises and ordered all operations and activities to cease with immediate effect.
Additionally, all persons occupying the building were also asked to vacate the premises.
According to mynewsgh, the closure was confirmed by ardent critic of the LGBTQ community who is the Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values.