Human rights lawyer and Member of for Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has declared his intention to appeal the case of a man who was recently handed a five-year jail term for vandalising some cars on the premises of .
According to the MP, the case of Christopher Kofi Kyere Sorkpa, who was arrested together with another suspect on December 18, 2024, for going on a rampage on the compound of , is similar to the case of a man who was jailed 10 years for entering a church where then-President John Mahama was worshipping with a gun. "This matter is similar to what happened sometime in 2015 involving one Charles Antwi.
How can someone in his right senses walk to and decide to smash windows of cars because he claimed 'God asked him to do so?' Such a person, when arrested, should first have been medically examined to ascertain his mental state before being arraigned before court," the MP wrote on X on Monday, December 23, 2024.
The private legal practitioner raised concerns about the possibility of a mentally unfit person pleading guilty and not having legal representation in such a case.
