The Minister of National Security, Kan Dapaah, has filed a lawsuit against Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement. Barker-Vormawor had alleged that National Security and other government officials met with him in 2021, offering him money to silence his activism.

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These allegations were made after Barker-Vormawor and others were released by the police following their arrest on September 22 for staging a demonstration in Accra, breaching a restraining order secured by the police.In the lawsuit, Kan Dapaah is seeking a declaration from the court that Barker-Vormawor's statements are defamatory. Additionally, he is demanding the recovery of Ten Million Ghana Cedis (GHC10,000,000.

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00) as General Damages, which includes Aggravated and/or Exemplary Damages for Defamation due to the words spoken by Barker-Vormawor.Kan Dapaah is also seeking an apology and retraction of the defamatory words, as well as a perpetual injunction restraining Barker-Vormawor from making similar or other defamatory statements against him.

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Barker-Vormawor had claimed that he was offered a tempting sum of $1 million and lucrative government positions to halt his activism, which was critical of the government. He insisted that he possessed evidence to support his claims but has not yet made these files public.<img width="1079" height="1522" data-pin-no-hover="true" src="

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