Francis-Xavier Sosu, Member of Parliament for Madina, is scheduled to appear in court in Accra later today, Monday, to answer criminal charges leveled against him by the Ghana Police Service.
Last week, the Ghana Police Service obtained a criminal summons for the Madina MP to appear in court on November 8, 2021.
However, it is unclear whether or not the MP was personally served with the criminal summons.
This comes after several failed police attempts to apprehend the legislator, who is accused of breaking the law during a recent demonstration by residents of Oyarifa and its environs.
During the protest, some protestors allegedly blocked roads, burned tires, and destroyed property.
Police have insisted that these were criminal acts and have attempted to enlist the MP’s assistance in their investigations.
Mr. Sosu claimed that during the protest, some police officers attempted to arrest him.
Police were also said to have attempted to arrest Mr. Sosu while he was at church on Sunday, though the Police administration denied the reports.
Despite the fact that protestors had blocked roads during the protest, Mr. Sosu stated that no arrests were warranted because he had followed proper procedure in organizing the protest.
Mr. Sosu filed a formal complaint in Parliament after the first attempt to arrest him, accusing two police commanding officers of contempt of Parliament.
The complaint against the two police officers was referred to the Privileges Committee of Parliament by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.
Mr. Sosu’s complaint named two officers: ACP Isaac Kojo Asante, the Greater Accra Regional Operations Commander, and ACP Eric Winful, the Adentan Divisional Commander.
The Majority Caucus in Parliament has accused the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, of instituting new rules that appear to undermine the rule of law in order to protect Xavier Sosu without first consulting with the House leadership.
However, the Minority opposes this stance, accusing the Majority of twisting the facts in order to undermine the Speaker.
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