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Sosu, 2 other MPs introduce Private Members’ Bill to ban ‘witch doctors’

Three Members of Parliament (MP) have introduced a Private Members’ Bill to amend the Criminal and Other Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) to prohibit the practice by any person as a witch doctor, or witchfinder. The sponsors are MPs for Madina, Pusiga, and Wa East constituencies, Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, Hajia …

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Sosu has travelled abroad – Speaker tells court as case is adjourned to Nov. 16

The Kaneshie District Court in Accra has adjourned the case involving Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu to November 16. This was because the police have received a letter from the Speaker of Parliament indicating that Lawyer Sosu is out of the country on Parliamentary duties. In court on …

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Sosu to appear in court today over unlawful demo

The Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu is expected to appear before a court in Accra later today, Monday, to answer to criminal charges leveled against him by the Ghana Police Service. The Ghana Police Service last week secured a criminal summons for the Madina MP to appear in …

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Parliament slams Police over interdiction of Sosu’s bodyguard, attempted arrest

Parliament has issued a statement saying that the Police Service should have secured a certificate from the Speaker that the Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu was attending to Parliament before they could effect their arrest. The statement said anything short of that would not be entertained. Parliament also …

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WATCH How Muntaka whisked Sosu away to foil arrest in church

It took the Minority Chief Whip of Parliament, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, to whisk his colleague and MP for Madina, lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu away following a second attempt by the police to arrest him on Sunday. On Monday, October 25, 2021, some police officers tried to arrest the Madina MP during a demonstration on bad …

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Susu collector beats wife with metal over too many night calls

A 63-year-old Susu (Rotating Savings) collector, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly battering his wife with a piece of metal for receiving too many night calls. Richard Odonkor alleged that his wife, Faustina Laryea, had been receiving calls from her boyfriends. Madam Laryea is said to have …

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