Human rights lawyer and Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has announced his intention to appeal the five-year prison sentence handed to Christopher Kofi Kyere Sorkpa.
Sorkpa was convicted for vandalizing cars at the premises of Parliament with an axe, an incident that occurred on December 18, 2024.
In a statement shared on X, Sosu questioned the mental state of someone who would commit such an act and emphasized the need for a medical evaluation before prosecution. "How can someone in his right senses walk to Parliament 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," Sosu wrote.
Drawing comparisons to a 2015 case involving Charles Antwi, who was sentenced to ten years in prison after entering a church with a gun where then-President John Mahama was worshipping, Sosu highlighted similar concerns.