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Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako Jnr has made some shocking revelations regarding the controversy surrounding the presence of two ex-Gitmo detainees in the country.
Kweku Baako, during a panel discussion on Joy FM's Newsfile programme, Saturday, said the two detainees: Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby even though have been given refugee status, “the entire membership of the refugee board were not involved because it was processed in a very different way in collaboration with the national security”.
In addition, “Bin Atef; the name has changed anyway but for good reasons I won’t mention that name is married to a Morocco national who is pregnant…he was also mentioned to have started a business in Ghana. Al-Dhuby is married to a Yemeni".
He also disclosed that former Deputy Interior Minister in the erstwhile Mahama administration, James Agalga, wrote letters to warn the government against the resettlement of the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees.
“The ministry of Interior under the Mahama administration advised against acceptance; raising security concerns,” Kweku Baako said.
James Agalga is said to have written letters to the Foreign Affairs Ministry to strongly oppose the resettlement of the two in the country.
But cabinet ignored the advice went into the agreement, Mr Baako said.
Part of the letter as read by Kweku Baako indicated that: “The Ministry of Interior appreciates the move by the United States of America government to resettle the Guantanamo detainees in a third country, but I humbly propose that Ghana is currently not in position to receive the detainees in view of the crucial economic situation that Ghana finds itself in. Besides, the resettlement of the detainees will have political as well as security implication for Ghana”.
Click the audio above to listen to other shocking disclosures made by the Senior Journalist.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Sometimes I wonder if we reason as people...politicians are taking Ghanaians for granted. How can government blame NDC or mahama for giving Gitmo2 a refugee status per the agreement. According to supreme court ruling the agreement was illegal making the so call refugee status illegal as well. This government sent the illegal agreement to parliament to rectify the agreement to make it legal therefore making the refugee status legal. This same government that legalize the stay of GITMO2 and their so call refugee status are now saying what. Are we Okay as people. God have mercy!!!
Sent this busy body to go clear Accra of the filth.
Okudzeto Ablakwa is a SERIAL LIAR. He was arguing on radio the other day that both the national and international refugee boards made inputs before GITMO 2 guys were allowed in . HA HA, TODAY THEY ARE COMING OUT TO DENY. EVEN THE AMERICAN EMBASSY HAS COME OUT TO DENY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE RFEFUGEE STATUS. QUITE CLEARLY MONEY EXCHANGED HANDS. JOHN MAHA IS KNOWN FOR MURKY DEALS LIKE THIS. REMEMBER FORD SAG AND ROAD CONTRACT TO THE MALIAN/BOLURKINABE? oh ho and shamelessly, this guy wants to run for Presidency again? Is he correct?