Attorney General discontinues case of Barker-Vormawor, other democracy Hub anti-galamsey protesters
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has reportedly discontinued the cases of the members of the Democracy Hub who were arrested during the anti-galamsey protest in September 2024.
A post shared by Accra-based TV3 indicated that the Attorney General discontinued the case on Friday, February 7, 2025.
This means that private legal practitioner, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a leading member of the hub, together with Elorm Ama Governor-Ababio (Ama Governor), who is also a lawyer, and media personality, Felicity Nelson, now have the charges against them dropped.
A total of 53 protesters were arrested during the Democracy Hub’s protest against illegal mining (galamsey), which occurred from September 21 to September 23, 2024, at the 37 Roundabout in Accra.
The protesters were charged with conspiracy to commit an unlawful act, unlawful assembly, causing unlawful damage, offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace, assault on a public officer, and defacement of public notice.
The arrests of the demonstrators made international news headlines after the state refused to grant them bail and kept them in cells for nearly three days.
All the arrested protesters were brought before the court and charged.
In October 2024, seven of them were discharged by a court in Accra after the state dropped all charges against them.
The remaining protesters, including Oliver Barker-Vormawor, were released from police custody after meeting a GH¢20,000 bail condition with two sureties.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
