The Convener for the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has opened up about why he led a protest in a police cell following his recent arrest during a demonstration organized by the Democracy Hub group against illegal mining, commonly known as "galamsey." Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer and PhD Research Student at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, disclosed in an interview with Bola Ray on Starr FM on Thursday, October 24, monitored by GhanaWeb, that he led a hunger strike by the inmates to protest poor cell conditions, which he described as making life very uncomfortable for detainees. "When I was in the cell, I stayed throughout the period.
Before I left, we were considering how to draw attention to the issues people face in the cell.
We decided to hold a hunger strike that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
A letter was sent to the police hierarchy, and the media was informed about what was happening.