Some members of the #FixTheCountry movement Monday morning gathered around the Ashaiman Police Station in solidarity with their detained colleague, Mr Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor.
Mr Barker-Vormawor was arrested last Friday following his arrival from London and was subsequently detained by the Tema Regional Police Command in connection with a post he allegedly made on Facebook.
He is expected to be arraigned in court today.
Convergence
Graphic Online’s Benjamin Xornam Glover reportst that the group, holding a banner with the inscriptions #FreeOliverNow #WeAreAllOliver #ActivismIsNotCrime #StopTheCOSNow #IAmOliver, and clad in red and black, started gathering at close to the Police Station at about 5:30am.
They are demanding the release of their colleague who has been in police detention since Friday.
The Ashaiman Police have consequently mounted a barricade in front of the police station to ward off any action by the group.
Vormawor’s arrest
Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, a social media activist and one of the convenors of the #FixTheCountry movement has been arrested by the police for “threatening a coup.”
A police statement said he was arrested by the Tema Regional Police Command following a post he allegedly made on social media to the effect that he would stage a coup himself if the E-Levy Bill is passed by Parliament.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor in a series of Facebook posts this week described the Ghana Army as "useless".
He is said to have incited the army to stage a coup over the proposed E-Levy Bill in Parliament.
Police
According to the police, “the post contained a clear statement of intent with a possible will to execute a coup in his declaration of intent to subvert the constitution of the Republic of Ghana,” the police statement dated February 12, 2022, signed by the Director-General of Public Affairs, DCOP Kwesi Ofori said.
Source: graphiconline.com
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