FixTheCountry convener Oliver Baker Vormawor charged with treason
- Fix The Country movement member, Oliver Baker Vormawor has appeared before court following his arrest
- The activist has been charged with treason and has been sent into prison remand following some alleged comments
- Oliver Baker Vormawor was picked up at the Kotoka International Airport after he landed in the country from UK
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An Ashaiman District Court has remanded into police custody one of the convenors of the #FixTheCountry movement, Mr Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor for two weeks.
The police on Monday, February 14, 2022, charged Mr Barker Vormawor with treason felony in a report sighted by YEN.com.gh on daily graphic.
The court presided over by Mrs Eleanor Kakra Barnes-Botchway, denied a bail application saying the court did not have jurisdiction to grant the accused bail per the charge preferred against him.
He has been remanded into police custody for the next two weeks and is expected to reappear before the court on Monday, February 28, 2022.
Source: Instagram
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Oliver Baker Vormawor picked up at Kotoka International Airpport
YEN.com.gh earlier reported that one of the #FixtheCountry Movement conveners, Oliver Barker Vormawor, had been arrested by operatives from the National Security at the Kotoka International International Airport (KIA).
A post sighted on Facebook by YEN.com.gh and attributed to Felicity Nelson, said Oliver was picked up upon arriving from the United Kingdom on February 11, 2022.
Reason for arrest
It is believed that Oliver might have been picked up by a post he made on Facebook on Wednesday, February 9, 2022.
In the post, he indicated that he was going to stage a coup after the E-Levy gets the approval from Parliament.
His post read: "If this E-Levy passes after this Cake bullshit, I will do the coup myself. Useless Army!"
NPP's Abronye DC invited by police over Mahama coup comment
In other news, Bono Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Kwame Baffoe famed as Abronye DC, has been invited by the Ghana Police Service to answer some questions.
The NPP stalwart is reported to have made some comments about the former president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama.
Abronye DC is reported to have claimed that the former National Democratic Congress flagbearer is staging a coup with the help of Al-Qaeda.
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