According to Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a convenor of the #FIxTheCountry campaign, all lawyers who have been contacted to give legal representation to Baba Iddi, have turned down the approach citing 'fear of political reprisals.' In a Facebook post sighted by GhanaWeb, the University of Cambridge researcher said he had unsuccessfully tried to get a legal counsel for the Kaaka family. "Baba Iddi has since been arrested, arraigned before court and remanded into Police custody and helping in investigations," the statement read in part. Kaaka's death triggered protests in Ejura which led to the killing of two young people by a military team deployed to quell the violent protests. A ministerial committee is currently sitting to unravel the circumstances around Kaaka's death and the subsequent violent incidents.

Source: GhanaWeb July 12, 2021 06:00 UTC