Convener of the Fix the Country Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has expressed concerns over the National Investigations Bureau’s (NIB) invitation to the Bono Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye.
Barker-Vormawor stressed the need to respect diverse political views and cautioned against using state security agencies to target individuals based on their opinions or affiliations.
In a Facebook post, he criticized the tone of the NIB’s invitation, describing it as confrontational rather than an effort to investigate corruption allegations made by Abronye against President John Mahama.
“I disagree with any attempts to use the state security resources to muzzle; even people we find disagreeable or who may by their politics disgust you. If the state truly believed in the plausibility of what Abronye said, they should speak to him nicely; as someone invested in helping unravel crime,” he wrote.
Barker-Vormawor further warned against what he perceived as intimidation tactics, urging the government to avoid actions that could undermine its credibility.
Abronye has been asked to appear before the NIB on February 26, 2025, following claims he made during an interview on Accra-based Movement Television, alleging that President Mahama withheld GH₵550 million meant for dismissed appointees at the Jubilee House.