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.
Ahead of February 10, 2022 demonstration by the coalition of concerned citizens against the proposed E-Levy still under consideration in Parliament, Barker-Vormawor described the Ghana Army as “useless” for not acting despite the public uproar against the bill.
“If this E-Levy passes after this cake bullshit, I will do the coup myself. Useless Army!” Barker-Vormawor wrote in one of the posts.
In another post he wrote: “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?”
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.
“He will be arraigned before court on Monday, 14th February, 2022.”
“We continue to call on the good people of Ghana to avoid making pronouncements that may lead to a breach of the peace of the country as any such acts contravene the laws of the country, ”the statement noted.
