Francis Xavier Sosu: No police personnel was dispatched to arrest Madina MP in church - Ghana Police

• The Ghana Police Service has said no personnel was authorised to arrest Francis Xavier Sosu in church
• The police said stories circulating on the arrest of Sosu on his church premises is untrue
• The police have stated that it would try all legal means necessary to interrogate the Madina MP

The Ghana Police Service has denied any claims that personnel were sent to arrest the Member of Parliament for the Madina constituency, Francis Xavier Sosu in church.

In a release sighted by YEN.com.gh, the police said stories circulating on the arrest of Sosu on his church premises on, October 31, 2021, are untrue.

The statement further added that any plain police personnel found on the premises of the church may have been there for intelligence purposes and not to effect an arrest.

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The statement signed by the Director-General, Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori stated that on the day of the protest, Sosu was invited but declined to honor the invitation.

The police have stated that it would try all legal means necessary to interrogate Madina MP.

Police stormed Sosu's church

A report on Ghanaweb indicated that personnel from the Ghana Police Service stormed the church premises of Madina lawmaker, Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, to arrest him over his protest on Monday, October 25.

Sosu, a lawyer and Member of Parliament for Madina, led the youth to protest deplorable roads in his constituency.

During the demonstration on Monday, the police attempted to arrest the lawmaker for what they described as an unlawful protest.

The police were, however, resisted by the youth while the MP fled from the scene.

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The release from the police has drawn a lot of reactions. Below are some of the reactions;

Onasis Kobby said;

Point 6 clearly depicts the insanity with this process

Yakubu Abukari Saddique said those unauthorised people should have been arrested.

You should have arrested those people who went there unauthorized to arrest him. You cannot enforce the law by employing lawless strategies.

Francis Sitsofe Agorsor said the fifth and sixth point was very interesting.

I find point 5 and 6 very interesting. You clearly deny dispatching police to the church premises but admit law enforcers were on the premises in point 6, but cannot tell their reason for being there.

Derick Nana Amoako had this to say;

It is a right of every citizen to do demonstrations. Remember is our right to demonstrate but isn't a criminal act.

Countryman Eli said;

So u guys look Ghanaians in the face and put up this press release for us to believe you? You know the best thing was to write to parliament to invite him in person. This excuse is a nonstarter.

Source: YEN.com.gh