Former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue has been declared wanted by the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng.
This follows an order secured from the court by the Office of the Special Prosecutor days ago to arrest him.
The order was secured after Mr Bissue failed to honour an invitation by the Special Prosecutor last month.
Inspite of the court order, Mr Bisssue’s lawyer maintained that his client will not turn himself in.
A court on Monday adjourned a case involving Mr Bissue to July 4 following a request by his lawyer claiming his client was “so unwell that he cannot stand and talk.”
Mr. Bissue was to move an injunction application seeking to stop OSP from prosecuting him.
Following this the OSP has called for Charles Bissue’s arrest.
The former Presidential Staff had been directed to appear at the Offices of the Special Prosecutor on May 22.
His lawyers wrote to the OSP asking for a copy of the petition which formed the basis of the invitation. They also asked that the said meeting be postyponed to May 25 due to “a domestic emergency”.
According to to Mr Bissue’s lawyers, the OSP refused to accept the proposed date of 25th May 2023 and insisted on the May 22 date.
The meeting did not come on compelling the OSP to go to court to secure an arrest warrant.
Mr. Bissue has filed another suit at the court praying that it sets aside the warrant of arrest issued against him and also rule that the investigative body is violating his human rights.
Mr Bussue has two previous suits against the OSP. One is in respect of 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 asked for a copy of the petition which is informing the investigation and further claimed that this petition was authored by the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng when he was a lawyer in private practice before assuming office.
He is praying the court to restrain the OSP from investigating him, saying the subject of investigation has previously been concluded by the Police Service’s CID. These cases are yet to be determined.
