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Democracy Hub demo: Barker-Vormawor pleads not guilty to police charges
Convener of the Democracy Hub demonstration, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has today, September 26,2024 pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him following his arrest.
Some members of the pressure group staged a three-day protest over the government’s handling of illegal mining, also known as “galamsey.”
Oliver Barker-Vormawor, was on Tuesday taken to the Police Hospital for medical attention, having reported sick late that night, Tuesday September 24, 2024.
Barker-Vormawor, along with 45 other protesters, was accused of disturbing public peace.
He faces multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit unlawful assembly, unlawful damage, offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace, assault on a public officer, defacement of public property, and theft.
Meanwhile, the other protesters have been remanded into police and prison custody for 14 days, pending the court’s decision on bail.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme