Andy Thomas Owusu wants to make a deal with prosecutors. He faces corruption charges alongside Charles Bissue at the Special Prosecutor office. Owusu asked the court for a plea bargain agreement. Lawyers need more time to finish the paperwork. The judge moved the case to June 4.
Both men face 15 criminal counts for corruption and abuse of office. Charles Bissue ran the mining committee before it shut down. Prosecutors say Bissue took 35,000 cedis in bribes from Benjamin Adjapong. The money came through Owusu to speed up a mining license renewal. This happened between January and February 2019.
Bissue received three separate payments during those months. He got 15,000 cedis on January 22 and 10,000 cedis twice more. The payments helped ORR Resources Enterprise skip normal approval steps. Bissue used his government position to make money from this deal.
Both defendants said they were not guilty on May 6. The court set bail at 200,000 cedis each with two people backing them. They must give up their passports and check in monthly with prosecutors.
Both men face 15 criminal counts for corruption and abuse of office. Charles Bissue ran the mining committee before it shut down. Prosecutors say Bissue took 35,000 cedis in bribes from Benjamin Adjapong. The money came through Owusu to speed up a mining license renewal. This happened between January and February 2019.
Bissue received three separate payments during those months. He got 15,000 cedis on January 22 and 10,000 cedis twice more. The payments helped ORR Resources Enterprise skip normal approval steps. Bissue used his government position to make money from this deal.
Both defendants said they were not guilty on May 6. The court set bail at 200,000 cedis each with two people backing them. They must give up their passports and check in monthly with prosecutors.
