The Court on Thursday issued warrant for arrest of Charles Bissue to the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor in it’s pursuit to go after the Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue has secured the arrest warrant on Thursday, June 8, 2023.
This order was necessary after Mr Charles Bissue declined an invitation by the Special Prosecutor last month.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor, on May 3, wrote to Mr. Bissue informing him he was a necessary person for the investigation into the activities of the IMCIM.
He was asked to appear at the offices of the investigative body on May 22.
Lawyers for Mr. Bissue then wrote to the OSP requesting a copy of the petition forming the basis of this invitation and asking that the said meeting be rescheduled to May 25 due to “a domestic emergency”.
Lawyers for Mr. Bissue say the OSP refused to accept the proposed date of 25th May 2023 and insisted on the May 22 date.
This meeting did not happen causing the OSP to proceed to court to secure an arrest warrant.
The previous two suits relate to the OSP’s investigations arising from an investigative documentary titled ‘Galamsey Fraud Part I’ published by Tiger Eye P.I. and the journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Mr Bissue had in this instance also demanded a copy of the petition giving rise to the probe. He had further alleged that this petition was authored by the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng when he served as a lawyer in private practice before assuming office.
He wants the court to restrain the OSP from investigating him adding that the subject of his probe has already been concluded by the Police Service’s CID. These cases are yet to be determined.
This comes barely 24 hours after details emerged that the former Environment Minister was on a GHs2 million bail after a visit to the OSP to assist in investigations into ‘galamsey’ activities during his time at the helm of the IMCIM taskforce.
