{"id":220010,"date":"2024-09-23T15:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/23\/police-arrest-convener-oliver-barker-vormawor\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T15:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:30:42","slug":"police-arrest-convener-oliver-barker-vormawor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/23\/police-arrest-convener-oliver-barker-vormawor\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convener of the Democracy Hub protest.<\/p>\n<p>Barker-Vormawor was taken into custody on Monday, September 23, 2024, for his alleged involvement in unlawful acts during the group\u2019s demonstration on September 21-22.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the police had issued a statement declaring him wanted, but Barker-Vormawor denied being in hiding, labeling the allegations \u201cbaseless and misleading\u201d in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>The police statement noted that Barker-Vormawor\u2019s arrest was in connection to \u201cvarious unlawful acts\u201d committed at the 37 Intersection in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Hi arrest come after two additional protesters from the Democracy Hub were arrested by police on Monday, September 23, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The two men had been standing on the pavement near the 37 Lorry Station for over an hour before boldly stepping forward to stand directly in front of the police, holding their placards and voicing their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Their placards carried messages opposing illegal mining, a key issue driving the protest.<\/p>\n<p>The men declared, \u201cYou can arrest more of us, but even if only two of us remain, we will stand up against illegal mining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their act of defiance led to their immediate arrest, raising the total number of detained protesters over the three days to 44.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read below the statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1090148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GYK1qRSW0AAKffY.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Citi Newsroom<\/span>\u00a0channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convener of the Democracy Hub protest. Barker-Vormawor was taken into custody on Monday, September 23, 2024, for his alleged involvement in unlawful acts during the group\u2019s demonstration on September 21-22. Initially, the police had issued a statement declaring him wanted, but Barker-Vormawor denied being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/23\/police-arrest-convener-oliver-barker-vormawor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convener of the Democracy Hub protest. 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