#FixTheCountry convenor arrested for threatening coup
Social media activist and convenor of pressure group #FixTheCountry, Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, has been arrested by the Ghana Police Service.
His arrest by the Police Service follows comments of staging a coup in the country should Parliament pass the E-Levy bill.
In a series of Facebook posts ahead of Thursday’s “Yentua” demonstration by the NDC against the bill, Barker-Vormawor described the Ghana Army as “useless” for not acting despite the public uproar against the bill aimed at raking in about GHC7 billion annually into the national coffers.
“If this E-Levy passes after this cake bullshit, I will do the coup myself. Useless Army!” Barker-Vormawor said in one of the posts.
In another post he said: “Okay, let’s try again. If this E-Levy still passes after this cake bullshit, then may God….Help us to resist oppressor’s rule, With all our will and might for evermore. (2x)
“Useless Army. Anaa, the value is the same?”
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In a statement issued by the police on Saturday, February 12, 2022, the Police Service stated Mr Barker-Vormawor is being kept at the Tema regional command for further investigations into his social media post.
“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 statement added.
Mr Barker-Vormawor is expected to be put before court on Monday, February 14, 2022.
Peruse the statement by the Ghana Police Service:
