Lawyer for Oliver Barker-Vormawor, activist and organizer of Democracy Hub, has strongly denied allegations linking his client to claims of bribery involving majority members of Parliament’s Appointments Committee.
This comes after the Committee summoned Barker-Vormawor over a controversial social media post attributed to him, which alleged that committee members accepted bribes.
Appearing before the Appointments Committee on Wednesday, January 29, Barker-Vormawor’s lead counsel, Nana Ato Dadzie, firmly stated: “The statement is fake; this is not coming from Mr Vormawor. He never posted that statement. The statement reads: ‘NDC members on the Appointments Committee take monies from Mahama’s ministerial nominees before approving them, and the Deputy Speaker must submit himself to ORAL.’ This is not from Mr. Vormawor. He didn’t say it at all. This is a reporter’s speech. We apologise for the post he made. Oliver Vormawor is ready to apologise.”
However, the lawyers clarified that another post on Barker-Vormawor’s Facebook page accusing all the committee members of taking bribes before vetting was not meant to disparage committee members.
