Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a Legal practitioner and activist, has alleged that the United States government is using Ghana’s former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, as a bargaining chip against the NDC government.
According to Oliver Barker-Vormawor, if the United States wanted to return Ken Ofori-Atta, they would have bundled him on a flight to Ghana when they cancelled his visa.
He argued that hundreds of West African nations have been sent to Ghana despite Court orders saying they can’t, but the US wants to use Ken Ofori-Atta as leverage against the Government.
In a post shared on X, Oliver Barker-Vormawor wrote, “If the Americans wanted to return Ken Ofori-Atta, the moment they cancelled his visa, they would have bundled him on a flight to Ghana.
100s of West African nations have been sent to Ghana despite Court orders saying they can’t. Some were just bundled despite ongoing court cases and sent to Ghana. We allowed them to do this.
So for me, this is a case of if they wanted, they would.
My suspicion is that they will continue to hold on to him as leverage against the Government, so that the more political pressure mounts on the NDC for failing to bring him, the more they can use him as a bargaining chip to get even more from us.
But two can play that game! ‘Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching’.
They need to cast their mind back to what the PNDC did to them on the Soussoudis-Sharon Scranage affair.
Someone tag Mahama and his Ministers for me.
Shalom!”
Also, Oliver Barker-Vormawor had earlier shared new details about the release of embattled former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility.
According to Oliver Barker-Vormawor, his sources within the US Department of Justice have told him Ken Ofori-Atta was released on a $65,000 bond.
He further disclosed that Ken Ofori-Atta has been fitted with an electronic monitoring device on his ankle and can’t travel or move outside a defined parameter.
In a Facebook post on Friday, April 10, 2026, Oliver Barker-Vormawor wrote, “I have been looking a bit more into the whole Ken Ofori-Atta debacle.
And from what I am hearing from contacts within the US Department of Justice, he was released on a $65,000 bond.
The decision was based on health grounds, though he is being treated as a flight risk.
He has been fitted with an electronic monitoring device on his ankle; he can’t travel or move outside a defined parameter and is required to report regularly to ICE.
His next immigration hearing has been scheduled for 27th April.
What I still don’t understand is why the US authorities are sitting on Ghana’s extradition request. They received this 3 months ago. And the AG’s department has provided them with everything necessary.
The obstruction seems to be coming from the US State Department. I hope our Foreign Minister will ask them for answers.
Shalom”.
Meanwhile, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to appear before a United States immigration court on June 15, 2026.
Reports suggest Ken Ofori-Atta’s hearing that could influence both his bid to remain in the US or be deported back to Ghana to face criminal charges.
According to court documents, the case has been set for an individual hearing at 1:00 pm before Judge David A. Gardey at the Annandale Immigration Court in Virginia.
Ken Ofori-Atta’s session is expected to take place virtually.
See the post below:
If the Americans wanted to return Ken Ofori-Atta, the moment they cancelled his visa; they would have bundled him on a flight to Ghana.
— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) May 17, 2026
100s of West African nations have been sent to Ghana despite Court orders saying they can’t. Some were just bundled despite ongoing court…
