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Lawyers for #FixTheCountry Movement convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, have applied for bail at the Tema High Court.
The bail application comes after the Supreme Court advised the lawyers to seek bail at the High Court rather than engaging in an ‘intellectual argument’ with the bench.
His lawyers made a request for bail but the court ruled it lacked the mandate under the law to grant such a request.
The lawyers had dragged both the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney-General (AG) to the Supreme Court, to challenge their decision to put their client before a district court.
The lawyers questioned the District Court’s jurisdiction to handle matters regarding their client’s personal liberty during Mr. Barker-Vormawor’s second appearance in court on Monday, February 28.
The team headed to the High Court but filed a habeas corpus application challenging his detention and demanding that he be released.
But the Tema High Court dismissed the habeas corpus application by Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, who has been charged with treason felony and is currently in police custody.
The legal team for Barker-Vormawor led by Professor Raymond Atuguba, filed a habeas corpus application at the Tema High Court for the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney-General to appear before the court, to justify the continued detention of Barker-Vormawor.
