Lawyer Sosu Escapes Another Arrest As Police Storm Church Over ‘Fix Our Roads’ Demo
The Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, escaped another arrest today [Sunday], October 31, 2021, at the Believers House of Prayer Ministries in Madina.
Hon. Kwaku Citizen
The Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, escaped another arrest today [Sunday], October 31, 2021, at the Believers House of Prayer Ministries in Madina.
According to party supporters who massed up at the church, the security personnel surrounded the church in an attempt to arrest the lawyer while he was worshipping in the church on Sunday.
Speaking to the media, the Madina Constituency Secretary for NDC, Abdul Razak Husseine, said the MP was taken to an undisclosed location by the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak.
He said the national and regional leadership of the party has taken over the matter.
They didn’t have any arrest warrant, and the officer said he is a senior officer and so does not need an arrest warrant. We pleaded with them that it is more like a rambo-style arrest, so they should leave so that we come over with the MP after church service, but the police officers insisted and said they were under an order that they should arrest him. He later said they would like to wait after the church service to arrest him.”
“We had NDC parliamentary leaders around coming to assist in the situation… For now, we have been able to prevent any arrest from here. Now it is the leadership at the national and regional that has taken over,” he said.
While leading a demonstration with some youth in his constituency last Monday, Francis Xavier Sosu had to escape after police officers attempted to forcibly arrest him.
It is believed that the basis for his arrest was the fact that some demonstrating youth blocked some roads, which were later removed following the MP’s intervention.
