#FixTheCountry lead convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor allegedly rushed to the hospital
#FixTheCountry Movement lead convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has allegedly been rushed to the Police Hospital in Accra on Wednesday.
According to the Movement, he complained of “general discomfort” in the latter part of this morning.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor has been in Police custody since he was arrested on the evening of February 11, 2022 over coup comments on his Facebook page. The arrest too place immediately he arrived from the United Kingdom.
In a press release by the Police explained that his arrest followed “a post he allegedly made on a social media platform to the effect that he would stage a coup himself if the E-Levy Bill is passed by Parliament.”
He was subsequently charged with treason felony, an offence provided for in section 182(b) of Ghana’s Criminal offences Act.
Appearing in Court on Monday, February 14, the judge hearing the matter Eleanor Barnes remanded Barker-Vormawor into Police custody pointing out that the nature and severity of the crime meant the court cannot grant bail.
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