On Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Charles Bissue, the former secretary of the disbanded Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), surrendered himself to the OSP.
Bissue was detained at 11:45 GMT, according to a statement from the OSP, and questioned by staff members of the Office. After that, he was granted bail and released.
After Charles Bissue ignored an invitation from the Special Prosecutor to appear and respond to inquiries on the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption within the now-defunct IMCIM, the Office of the Special Prosecutor issued a wanted declaration for him last week.
Charles Bissue, who is currently on trial for alleged crimes related to corruption that were allegedly connected to him in the Anas Aremeyaw Anas galamsey scam documentary, is also under investigation for alleged crimes related to corruption that were allegedly connected to some expenditures of the previous Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining.
However, Charles Bissue was able to obtain a court decision that purported to nullify the arrest warrant.
However, the OSP stated that it does not require a warrant to carry out an arrest in what appeared to be a response to the court order.
Charles Bissue's arrest status remained wanted as a consequence on the special prosecutor's office website.
But after he surrendered himself in, that was modified to reported.
The Special Prosecutor disclosed Charles Bissue's arrest, interrogation, and release on bail in an accompanying statement.
