Parliamentary Immunity: Sosu is out of the country – Speaker tells court
He is alleged to have recklessly driven into a crowd after a protest last Monday, October 25, 2021, in the Madina Constituency, directly endangering the lives of the Senior Officers and other civilians,
The Kaneshie District Court in Accra has adjourned the case concerning Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu to November 16, 2021.
This is because Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is said to have written to the Police administration, indicating that the MP, is out of the country on Parliamentary duties.
The MP was to appear before the court this morning but failed to show up.
Mr. Sosu was to answer to criminal charges levelled against him by the Ghana Police Service.
The Ghana Police Service last week secured a criminal summons for the Madina MP to appear in court on November 8, 2021.
He has been charged with “obstructing public highway and causing damage to public property” after he led a demonstration in his constituency, to protest the bad state of roads.
The MP, after the incident, made an official report to the Speaker of Parliament regarding his attempted arrest by the Ghana Police Service during the said demonstration.
Afterward, the Speaker of Parliament in a letter signed by the Deputy Director of Legal Services of Parliament declined an invitation by the police to release the Madina MP for interrogation on his role in the said demonstration.
Notwithstanding, on Sunday, November 31, 2021, there were reports that two police personnel had attempted for the second time to arrest the MP during his visit to a church in his constituency.
The Police Service however denied the allegation in a statement indicating that any plane clothed Police personnel found on the premises of the church were there for intelligence purposes.
Later in the evening, another statement by the Ghana Police Service conveyed the message of the interdiction of the bodyguard of the Madina MP, Inspector Daniel Agbavor for alleged misconduct.
“He is alleged to have recklessly driven into a crowd after a protest last Monday, October 25, 2021, in the Madina Constituency, directly endangering the lives of the Senior Officers and other civilians,” the statement read in part.
