The lead counsel for the embattled spokesperson of The New Force Movement, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has stated that the legal team is prepared to file a new application demanding the Ghana Immigration Service to produce the documents his client is accused of forging.
The lawyer revealed that they have already requested a copy of the purported forged document from the Immigration Service.
In an interview with Citi News, Francis-Xavier Sosu affirmed that if their attempts to obtain the alleged forged documents through official channels are unsuccessful, the defense team will not hesitate to file a new application to address the matter.
Ms. Shalimar Abbiusi, a Belgian national associated with the Movement, was detained by the National Investigation Bureau during its inquiry into the Movement’s formation.
Ms. Abbiusi was subsequently brought before the Kaneshie District Court, where she was granted bail amounting to GH¢20,000 and required to report to the police three times a week.
“It is important that the Immigration Service will disclose these documents to enable us to advise our client because as far as we are concerned, the documents that are alleged to have been forged were not documents that were forged by our client. So we really want to know those documents, and we have even requested for the officers who actually did those visas and so on and so forth.”
“That will help us properly interrogate the issue because, as far as we are concerned, she was never in charge of the process that led to the procurement of her document, which then led to the procurement of her visa. We are hopeful that they will provide us with those documents by the close of the day on Monday. If we don’t have them, we will be forced to file a new application for an order for them to produce those documents before we go into the merits of the matter.”