Legal Practitioner, Yaw Oppong, says the police report vindicates his client Charles Bissiw of the corruption charges levelled against him in the Anas video.
Mr. Oppong said he is satisfied with the police report because the allegation against his client was not proven.
Speaking on GBC’s “Behind The News”, Lawyer Oppong said any individual or company not satisfied with the report can challenge it.
Meanwhile, a Corruption Analyst, Vitus Azeem says he is not surprised at the turn of events regarding the exoneration of the Former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal Mining, Charles Bissiw.
Speaking on GBC’s “Behind the News”, Mr. Azeem said it was wrong for the police to have exonerated Mr. Bissiw when the issue was before the Special Prosecutor.
He said circumstances under which Mr. Bissiw was cleared, are yet to be substantiated.
Bissiw exonerated
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has exonerated the former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal Mining (IMCIM), Mr Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissiw, from allegations of corruption.
After thorough investigations, the CID, in a final report, concluded that Mr Bissiw did not circumvent the laid down procedures of the IMCIM to favour ORR Resource Enterprise, the company at the centre of the incident.
Galamsey fraud
In a letter to the President in March this year, Mr Bissiw, who is also a Presidential Staffer, decided to step aside to avail himself for investigations after he had allegedly been accused by Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye PI documentary on galamsey fraud.
The documentary alleged that the secretary was involved in alleged shady deals to facilitate processes for ORR Resource Enterprise.
But a letter written to Ampofo, Oppong and Associates, lawyers for Mr Bissiw, by the CID on its investigations into the matter exonerated Mr Bissiw from any wrongdoing.
Background
In a documentary produced by the ace international investigative journalist, Mr Bissiw was seen allegedly taking money to help an unlicensed company to circumvent laid down processes to be given clearance for its mining operations.
The undercover investigator allegedly captured people tasked with fighting the galamsey menace receiving various sums of money, ostensibly to facilitate mining licences.
