Francis Xavier Sosu
Contrary to claims that the Member of Parliament for Madina is outside the country performing parliamentary duties, Francis Xavier Sosu has been strangely spotted in Parliament for the 2022 budget reading after ‘missing’ court hearings on two occasions.
He was spotted in the Chambers after he failed to honour a criminal summons filed against him by the Ghana Police Service.
Sosu was summoned by the court following several failed attempts by the police to arrest him for allegedly breaching the public order law during a recent demonstration he led his constituents to embark on in the area.
The legislator has however failed to appear in court on two occasions after being served court summons.
According to a letter, signed by a Deputy Clerk of Parliament, Eric Owusu Mensah, and addressed to the Registrar of the Kaneshie District Court in response to a hearing notice noted that the MP was still on Parliamentary duty, and out of the jurisdiction.
The letter as read by the Court Clerk on Tuesday, “Francis-Xavier Sosu is attending at the proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the 1st Session of the 8th Parliament which commenced on Tuesday 26th October 2021, and is also currently representing Parliament and the country in a conference in the United States of America”.
His lawyer, Kojoga Adawudu also claimed that his client was not available.
The MP organised a demonstration exercise on October 25, 2021, for some of his constituents to express their displeasure over the poor nature of their roads.
The exercise came off amidst the blocking of roads and burning of tyres, as well as alleged destruction of public property.
Francis-Xavier after failing to honour police summons accused the security agency of being disingenuous with their account of events.
Meanwhile, Mr. Sosu appearance in Parliament Wednesday raised doubts in the minds of some Ghanaians that the MP was indeed out of the country.
By Vincent Kubi