The Convener for the #FixTheCounrty movement has alleged that the Ghana Police Service has instructed the Ashaiman Police Station not to accept donations to his former cellmates.
Initially, the Convener for the group, Oliver Barker-Vormawor after being granted bail posted on Facebook to solicit funds and food items to support the Ashaiman Police station inmates today.
But later in the day, Oliver Barker-Vormawor in a post on his Facebook wall, claimed “As we understand, the Officers have been informed that if we persist with the donation, the Police are under instructions to say that there is no senior officer to receive the items”.
According to him, “We have already delivered 40 bags of water to the Police before the information came through. We have been called to come back for the water”.
He claimed, “After deliberations, our team has decided to still proceed with the donation. The Police have the option to either accept or refuse the donations to the detainees, many of whom go days without food”.
He expressed further that “We are extremely concerned that our institutions cannot in times of difficulty shed their partisan instinct, to ensure that donations which are intended for persons who are vulnerable, are catered for, and the complete disregard Police have for the detained to the point of rejecting donations that are meant for the detainees who desperately need it”.
He noted that “if the Police refuse the donation, we will consider donating the items to another institution such as any orphanages, shelters or charities around Ashaiman”.
“If you have any suggestions as to where the donation can be made, kindly let us know in the comment section” he added.
Meanwhile, the Police are yet to respond to the claims made by the group.
– BY Daniel Bampoe