{"id":182351,"date":"2016-01-18T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=182351"},"modified":"2016-01-18T08:00:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T08:00:20","slug":"why-ghanaians-should-be-worried-about-ex-gitmo-detainees-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=182351","title":{"rendered":"Why Ghanaians should be worried about ex-Gitmo detainees [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you have not understood the gravity of the perceived threat that Ghana supposedly faces by accepting to host two former detainees from the Guantanamo Bay Prison in the United States, then you should perhaps take a listen to this audio.<\/p>\n<p>In the 12 minutes 26 seconds sound clip, a Lecturer in Islamic Studies\u00a0at the Department of Religion and Human Values at the University of Cape Coast, Mustapha Hamid, explained that the jihadists\u2019 ideology vis-\u00e0-vis the risk that could befall Ghana for accepting to host two alleged \u2018terrorists\u2019 believed to have repented.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;r4DgEgs7MhWYTSx93pLsRKSCsIWU9zo6&#8243;]Mr. Mustapha made his submissions when he appeared as a panelist on <strong>Citi FM\u2019s<\/strong> news analysis and current affairs \u2018programme, \u2018The Big Issue\u2019 on Saturday January 16, 2015, hosted by Umaru Sanda.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hamid, who was also in the studio in his capacity as the spokesperson for the 2016 Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, largely directed his submissions at the Deputy Interior Minister and MP for Builsa North, James Agalga, another studio guest, who justified government\u2019s decision to host the two men on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46018\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46018\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mustapha-Hamid-addressing-delegates.jpg\" alt=\"Mustapha Hamid \" width=\"766\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mustapha-Hamid-addressing-delegates.jpg 766w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mustapha-Hamid-addressing-delegates-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mustapha Hamid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a listen to the audio below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/242382835&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfanyiDadzie\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AfanyiDadzie<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you have not understood the gravity of the perceived threat that Ghana supposedly faces by accepting to host two former detainees from the Guantanamo Bay Prison in the United States, then you should perhaps take a listen to this audio. 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