Sowere visits Barker-Vormawor in police detention

Nigerian activist and author Omoyele Sowore, Sunday October 13, 2024 visited Ghanaian lawyer and activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor who’s being held in police custody.

In a Facebook publish, Barker-Vormawor expressed his gratitude to Sowere coming all the best way from Nigeria to pay him a go to whereas he’s being held in detention.

He wrote “I want to specific my honest gratitude to comrade Omoyele Sowere (Omoyele Sowore) for travelling from Nigeria to go to me yesterday on the police cell the place I’m being detained!

The emergence right this moment of a brand new technology of African leaders, who refuse to just accept mediocre management and the indignity of poverty evokes me that the way forward for this continent will look nothing like its present station.

Our wrestle is linked; and Africa can be free in our lifetime!”

Barker-Vormawor, who additionally heads the civil society organisation, Democracy Hub was arrested about three weeks in the past with others, when he led members of the general public to display towards the devastating results on the nation, of unlawful mining, also referred to as galamsey. The concern has reached excessive proportion as there’s clear proof of state failure to curb the menace that has been occurring for a really very long time. The actions of the unlawful miners have polluted many rivers and streams throughout the nation.

Barker-Vormawor was denied bail when he appeared in court docket, regardless that his lawyer had argued towards his continued detention for an offence that’s categorized as a misdemeanour.

Sowere himslef has been held in detention many occasions in his house nation Nigeria for demanding for good governance.