Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the coordinator of the FixTheCountry Movement, has been released from police prison after completing his bail conditions.
Felicity Nelson, a member of the movement, said he was released at 2:40pm on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen broadcast on Thursday.
He was only released a few minutes ago and is doing fantastically well right now. Following his release, Oliver Baker-Vormawor is in a good mood. For the time being, he’s alright. We don’t know why the police kept Oliver Baker Vormawor in custody after he completed all of his bail terms,” she said after the show host inquired about the FixTheCountry convener’s whereabouts.
The Tema High Court, presided over by Justice Daniel Mensah on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, granted Mr Barker-Vormawor bail in the sum of Two Million Ghana Cedis (GH¢ 2,000,000.00) with two sureties.
As part of the bail conditions, the Court ordered that one of the sureties should deposit his document covering the landed property within the jurisdiction of the Court.
Pursuant to the orders of the court, the police took the accused person to the court to execute the bail.
At the court, the Registrar informed the Police that he had submitted the document presented by the sureties to the Lands Commission for verification and he was therefore unable to proceed with the execution of the bail until a response was received from the Lands Commission.
As a result, the Police could not release the embattled FixTheCountry convener on bail as granted by the Tema High Court.
Consequently, the accused person was taken back into custody to await the completion of the bail processes by the High Court Registrar.
But Madam Nelson believes the police acted in bad faith in dealing with Mr Barker-Vormawor’s case.
To her, regardless of whatever is happening, the movement will never back down but ensure the right thing is done.
