The Criminal Court 4 on Tuesday, April 6, 2025, granted bail to Charles Bissue, the former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), and one Andy Owusu, in the sum of two hundred thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS 200,000) each.
The bail conditions include two sureties, with one required to be justified, the deposition of their passports with the court registry, and monthly reporting to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
The ruling came after the court took the pleas of both accused individuals on the fifteen counts of corruption-related offenses leveled against them by the Special Prosecutor.
These charges accuse Bissue and Owusu of abusing their public office for personal gain in connection with illegal mining operations, a matter that has garnered significant public attention.
