Court throws out Charles Bissue’s suit against OSP

Charles Bissue sued the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), but the Human Rights Court dismissed his case and ordered him to pay GHS10,000 in fees for wasting the court’s time.

In order to intimidate him, Mr. Bissue had claimed that the OSP had illegally secured an arrest warrant. But Justice Nana Brew, the presiding judge, flatly rejected these allegations, calling them a “figment of his imagination.”

When Mr. Bissue secured a 10-day ex parte order, which temporarily prevented the OSP from making an arrest, the legal process got on. His attorneys contended that the OSP had harassed him by requesting an arrest warrant.

Justice Brew clarified that the OSP had not sought a warrant of this kind, but the court acknowledged that none had ever been issued.

In order to obtain additional legal protection, Mr. Bissue submitted a judicial review application with the goal of nullifying the purported arrest warrant, nullifying the OSP’s wanted notice, and preventing any additional arrest attempts until the case was resolved.

But Justice Brew emphasized that the main question was whether the Kaneshie District Court had actually issued an arrest warrant at the OSP’s request—a claims Bissue needed to support.

Justice Brew dismissed the motion, ruling that Bissue had not proven the existence of any such warrant and directing him to pay GH₵10,000 to the OSP.

Source: Ghanatodayonline.com