The Minority in Parliament has asked government to ensure that the Ghanaians who have reportedly joined the dreadful terrorist group, Islamic State in Libya, do not return to the country, without strict security clearance.<\/p>\n
“Government must put measures in place to ensure that none of these alleged Ghanaian Islamic State fighters are allowed to return to Ghana without strict security clearance and surveillance,” the Minority spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said at a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”rwY8U45kYJ0IH5awzRcDAsoHe7C1nWrl”]A report issued by Libya’s Attorney General\u2019s Chief Investigator, Al-Seddiq al-Sour, said Ghanaian migrants feature prominently as members of the terrorist group.<\/p>\n
The report placed Ghana in the second highest category suggesting that between 50 to 100 Ghanaian migrants are frontline fighters for IS in Libya.<\/p>\n
Addressing the media, Mr. Ablakwa described the report as worrying.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026.Rather worrying for Ghana, we are considered to belong to the second highest category of 50- 100. This has been explained by the Attorney General of Libya\u2019s office to mean between 50 to 100 Ghanaian migrants in Libya, have been identified as active frontline fighters of ISIS in Libya. Ghana appears in this category with seven other countries namely; Senegal, Gambia, Chad, Niger, Eretria, Mali and Somalia.\u201d<\/p>\n
He further asked government to ensure that Ghana’s international reputation is not affected following the report.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile it is obvious to us that many Governments and intelligence agencies across the world would find the content of the Attorney General of Libya\u2019s inquiry very disturbing, we in Ghana ought to be even more concerned due to the revelations made about our dear country…The Ghanaian reputation – internationally acclaimed for being a peace loving people and a people who abhor and detest violence must be jealously guarded by all of us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Minority also\u00a0gave\u00a0a nine point proposal to government\u00a0 to consider in addressing the issue.<\/p>\n
In the proposal, the Minority asked government to provide the needed assurances on the security of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
Below is the nine point proposal:<\/strong><\/p>\n KNUST graduate joins ISIS<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2015, the Daily Guide newspaper reported that, a 25-year- old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST),\u00a0Nazir Nortei Alema, had joined the terrorist organization<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n Extracts from Nazir\u2019s WhatsApp message, received by Kabir, his brother, read as follows: \u201cPray for me, for I will never forget you in my prayer and it\u2019s my hope and prayer that we meet\u00a0again if not in this world then in Jannah (paradise). I love you all. May Allah\u00a0grant us understanding and guide us all to the straight path. Asalaamu alaikum.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI told you a lie to please my Allah. The deception was to go do some research work in far away Prestea while the main idea was to move far away from you all to the Islamic State (IS). I know it might sound kind of crazy for you but your son really had to take this bold step to get out of the corrupt system of Ghana which has democracy first on its list.\u201d<\/p>\n Nazir\u2019s family confirmed his disappearance, and he has since not returned.<\/p>\n German-Ghanaian who denounced ISIS faces war crimes charges<\/strong><\/p>\n Harry Sarfo, a German Ghanian, earlier this year, also\u00a0confessed to having been a fighter for ISIS<\/a><\/strong>. The 28-year-old, who is serving a three-year prison term in Germany on terrorism charges, said he had however avoided participating in the group\u2019s violence.<\/p>\n Click here for the Minority’s full statement:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana\n
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