Dr. Justice Srem-Sai (L) with Oliver Barker-Vormawor
Private legal practitioner and activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has extended congratulations to Dr. Justice Srem-Sai following his nomination as the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice-designate.
In a post shared on his X page on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Barker-Vormawor described Dr. Srem-Sai as a transformative figure in his life.
He wrote, “There are people whose presence in your life changes everything. Justice Srem-Sai is one of those people for me.
“For the last three years, our lives have become so entangled that I can no longer tell where my fight ends and his begins. He has been my anchor in the storm, the voice of reason when the world felt unreasonable.”
Barker-Vormawor shared how Dr. Srem-Sai has been a constant support through difficult times.
“He has picked up my calls at the most ungodly hours, stood beside me in the darkest moments, and shown up for me when it felt like everyone else had disappeared,” he stated.
He praised his friend for his loyalty and commitment to justice.
“Every activist deserves a lawyer like Justice, a lawyer who, even in disagreement, never abandons you. A lawyer who understands that this fight for justice, for democracy, for the soul of this republic, cannot be won through convention alone. That sometimes, the road to redemption requires both the paths well-traveled and the ones no one dares to take”, he indicated.
Barker-Vormawor acknowledged the profound impact Dr. Srem-Sai had on movements like FixTheCountry and Democracy Hub.
“Without him, there would be no FixTheCountry. No Democracy Hub as we know it. He has fought for us in the courts, in police stations, in the public square.
From the very first Supreme Court battle to the last OccupyJulorbiHouse arrests, he has been there. Always there,” he noted.
Barker-Vormawor further emphasised Dr. Srem-Sai’s role in establishing the Lawyers for Protest Defence movement.
“When history tells the story of our struggle, it will speak of the Lawyers for Protest Defence—the movement he built to defend the right to assemble, the right to speak, the right to dissent.
“I love Justice as a brother loves his elder brother. I have looked up to him all my professional life, and I cannot imagine a day when I will not. We share so much that sometimes I wonder if our minds are conjoined, if the thoughts in my head also exist in his,” he added.
While acknowledging his personal loss, he wrote, “Today, I lose a lawyer. But Ghana gains something far greater a Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Minister of Justice with an unbreakable spirit and an unshakable moral compass.”
On February 4, 2025, the President John Dramani Mahama announced his first batch of 13 deputy ministerial nominees, including Dr. Justice Srem Sai, who is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Law School.
Read the post below:
My Brother, My Friend, My Comrade, My Lawyer – @JusticeSremSai
There are people whose presence in your life changes everything. Justice Srem-Sai is one of those people for me.
For the last three years, our lives have become so entangled that I can no longer tell where my fight… pic.twitter.com/Bl4prOzHo4
— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) February 5, 2025
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