Private legal practitioner and social activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has cautioned the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) that some of its recent actions could erode public goodwill and damage its electoral prospects in the next elections.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, May 24, Barker-Vormawor described the recent arrest and subsequent release of New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth activist, Alfred Ababio Kumi, popularly known as Adenta Kumi, by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) as an example of overzealous policing.
“This feels like the umpteenth time I have to rebuke the NDC about the risk of overzealous policing,” Barker-Vormawor stated.
“If you keep getting distracted by Ababio Kumi’s… If every person coughs wrong and you feel the need to send in 20 security officers to arrest them, you will be led down a path of no return.”
He warned that the government appears to be repeating the same mistakes made by the former NPP administration, which he believes played a part in their loss of power. “I will support the Government when it makes ORAL arrests,” Barker-Vormawor emphasized.
“But if someone engages in unnecessary propaganda and you feel the need to show them where power lies… Listen, that power will leave you” he added.
Barker-Vormawor urged the government to remain focused on its mandate and not be sidetracked by political distractions that could derail its agenda and threaten its future.