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A Ho Circuit Court has remanded 21 persons, including 16 females and five males suspected to be lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queer and intersex.

They were remanded into Police custody by the Court over unlawful assembly at the Nurses and Midwives Hostel, in Ho.

Sergeant Prince Dogbatse, Volta Regional Public Affairs Officer of the Ghana Police Service, in a media release, said the 21 were arrested at their supposed conference at the Hotel, on Thursday.

He said the suspects were from the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Upper East, Upper West, Western, Eastern, Northern and the Volta regions and were advocating LGBTQI activities.

The Public Affairs Officer noted that preliminary investigation uncovered materials such as books and flyers.

He said the materials were titled: "Hate Crime, The LGBTQI+ Muslim, Gender Acronyms, Coming Out, My Child; My Love Always, All About Trans, All About Intersex, Key Watch and One Love Sisters Ghana”.

Sgt Dogbatse said the accused persons would reappear on Friday, June 4.

He said the Command assured the public of its resolve to get to the bottom of the issue whilst also cautioning the public, particularly parents, to be wary of activities of persons involved in such activities and report them to the Police.

During the court session, Police Inspector Agnes Ahiable, prosecuting, prayed to remand the suspects to enable the Police to carry out further investigations into their conduct.

The Court presided over by Mr Felix Datsomor granted the plea of the prosecution and remanded them to Police custody for them to reappear on June 4.

The facts of the case were, however not read, while their pleas were not taken.