Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the leader of the Democracy Hub has revealed that he wanted to save lives when he removed the key from the police vehicle.
In a video that went viral, Oliver Vormawor was spotted retrieving and throwing away key from a police vehicle.
Oliver stated that on the ground they had a little Van that had all their equipment inside, water, medicine, placards, food and a public address system and they saw police officers going around the vehicle which started the escalation.
Speaking in a one-on-one interview with Metro TV, Oliver Vormawor cleared the air on his actions, he said, “Shortly after we saw them bring a toll truck despite the lives and individuals there, they started pushing the toll truck right on our legs, that was something that was concerning for us.
Oliver detailed saying, “so, then I go in there and I see that the vehicle they have abandoned the vehicle, and it was still on, so I put the vehicle off to stop it from pressing on the protesters that were there. I run towards where the other police were and I threw the key towards them, that’s all I did, I didn’t try to move the car, I just wanted people not to be injured in that moment”.
Watch video below:
“I put the Vehicle off to stop it from pressing on the protesters..Then I moved towards where the other Police were and threw the keys to them. That’s all I did” @barkervogues clears the air on his “Alleged” removal of Keys from a Police Vehicle at the recent… pic.twitter.com/BMeSZaDNDz
— Metro TV Ghana (@metrotvgh) October 1, 2024