I can’t release Xavier Sosu to assist in investigations – Speaker to Police

November 1, 2021

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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has told the police that he is unable to release the MP for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, to assist in investigations.

The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Ghana Police Service wrote on Wednesday (27 October 2021) to the Speaker requesting the release of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP in connection with investigations regarding a demonstration in his constituency over poor roads.

In his response, issued through the deputy director of legal services, Nana Tawiah Okyir, the Speaker said: “I am directed by the Rt Hon Speaker to inform you that proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the 1st Session of the 8th Parliament commenced on Tuesday 26 October 2021 and having regard to the limitations of Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic, he is unable to release the Member of Parliament as requested in your letter.”

The Speaker said he had already referred the case to the privileges committee of Parliament, which has been asked to probe a “breach of parliamentary privilege and contempt by ACP Isaac Kojo Asante and ACP Eric Winful of the Accra Regional Police Command and the Adenta Divisional Command respectively”.

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