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Lawyer Maurice Ampaw wants the state to deal with individuals who hide behind fundamental rights to disturb the peace of the country.
 
To him, condoning everyone’s rights will turn Ghana into a ‘rebel state’.

Lawyer Maurice Ampaw’s was responding to a fellow legal practitioner, Lawyer Martin Kpebu claims that the arrest of #Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormarwor over his coup comment and denial of a lawyer was against his fundamental rights.

Mockery of Power Of Arrest

Lawyer Kpebu had slammed the police administration over what he described as “a mockery of the power of arrest” exhibited during the apprehension of Oliver at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).

He also believed the police acted in clear breach of the laws on the detention of persons in police custody.

Bundled At KIA

Barker-Vormawor was arrested last Friday at the KIA on his arrival from London and was subsequently detained by the Tema Regional Police Command.

His arrest follows a social media post in which he threatened to stage a coup if the E-levy, currently under consideration in parliament, is passed into law.

E-Levy Cake

Oliver Barker-Vormawor had made the threat after pictures of the Majority Leader’s 65th party showing an E-levy-designed cake emerged.

The police says “the post contained a clear statement of intent with a possible will to execute a coup in his declaration of intent to subvert the constitution of the Republic of Ghana.”

No Absolute Rights

But commenting on the issue, Lawyer Ampaw pointed out that though individual's rights are enshrished in the constituition, it is not cast in stone or absolute.
 
“Rights, rights, rights is eating into our heads. I have my rights; I have my rights will soon collapse this country.”
 
“No one’s rights is absolute. Your rights is subject to the constitution of the land and must be of national interest,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’.
 
Bail Denied

Meanwhile, the Police has charged #Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormarwor with treason felony.

He was processed for court on Monday and slapped with treason felony charges in accordance with section 182 (b) of the Criminal and other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) at the Ashaiman District Court.