Judge Sacks Barker-Vormawor After Calling Magistrate “Kangaroo Court Supervising A Sham”

Oliver Barker-Vormawor, #FixTheCountry Movement convener, has lashed out at the ongoing legal processes against him, describing it as a sham that a “ kangaroo court” is supervising.

“ This is a kangaroo process. The bench has not covered itself in glory. I’m not going to glorify a sham,” he told the Magistrate, Eleanor Barnes Botwe.

The lawyers of the accused, led by Justice Srem Sai, had asked about the court’s authority to deal with matters that impacts the liberty of Mr Barker-Vormawor.

“Whether this court has the jurisdiction to determine the personal liberty for there is no point in bringing the prisoner to a court for his liberty to be decided when that court has no capacity or jurisdiction to determine this,” Justice Sai said.

The Ashaiman District Court on Monday ordered the junking of the#FixTheCountry Movement convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor from its demesne.

This was after the youth activist had engaged in heated exchanges with Magistrate Botwe. His attorneys, led by Justice Srem Sai, had inquired about the court’s authority to deal with matters that affect the liberty of Mr Barker-Vormawor.

State Prosecutor ASP Sylvestre Asare responded that the case was at the right forum since the charge of disloyalty felony levelled against him is an indictable offence.

He argued that the trial of similar cases must commence at the District court.

The justice also reminded Mr Barker-Vormawor’s legal platoon that she had before ruled that she had the accreditation to remand the indicted persons and that if they wanted to request bail, the applicable forum is the High Court.

At this point, the youth activist standing lower than 50 measures down from the justice said, “ We haven’t asked for bail”.

The Magistrate prompted him to remain silent, and two officers moved closer to prompt the indicted persons to remain calm.

This didn’t get the indicted to remain silent as he continued:

“We have not asked for bail. This is a kangaroo process. The bench has not covered itself in glory. I am not going to Glorify a sham.”

The magistrate urged the lawyers to restrain the accused person, but the youth leader said: “This process is a sham.”

The Magistrate also ordered his junking from the court. He was fleetly whisked down into a police van posted outside the court.

The court ruled that it had governance to handle the current processes filed by prosecutors. It prompted the prosecutors to speed up examinations and remanded him into police guardianship yet again.

The hail of the case continues on March 15.