The Ghana Police Service says it will deploy every legal means to interrogate the MP for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu after Parliament was unable to release the MP for investigations.

The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Ghana Police Service wrote to Parliament on Wednesday October 27, 2021 demanding that the MP be released to assist with investigations over what the police describes as his alleged involvement in the unlawful blockade of a road and the destruction of public property.

But parliament in a reply issued through the deputy director of legal services, Nana Tawiah Okyir, to the police administration indicated “I am directed by the Rt Hon Speaker to inform you that proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the 1st Session of the 8th Parliament commenced on Tuesday, October 26, and having regard to the limitations of Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic, he is unable to release the Member of Parliament as requested in your letter.”

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However, in a statement issued on Sunday, October 31, 2021 by the director-general of public affairs of the police service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, the service noted that it will continue to use legal means to compel the MP for interrogations.

“Three other persons have been interrogated on this matter and we shall continue to use every legal means to interrogate all other suspects including the Honourable MP for Madina,” the statement said.

The statement further denied claims that the police had deployed a team for the arrest of the MP in his church.

“Stories circulating that some police personnel had been dispatched to arrest the MP at a church today Sunday (October 31 2021) are untrue. Any plain-clothed police personnel found on the premises of the church may have been there for intelligence purposes and not to effect an arrest,” the statement added.

According to the Police, three other persons have been arrested in connection with the protest in the Madina constituency which led to the blockade of roads.

The legislator refused to avail himself for questioning at the Police station when he was invited for being involved in a protest against bad roads by his constituents on Monday, October 25, 2021.

The demonstration took a wrong turn when protestors blocked a section of the road and set tyres ablaze.

The legislator argued that he had a parliamentary call to attend and could not be apprehended until the Speaker of Parliament is contacted.

Mr. Sosu then filed a complaint of contempt of parliament against two police officers to the Speaker of Parliament.

The matter has been referred to the privileges committee in parliament for investigations to be conducted.