{"id":339957,"date":"2017-07-27T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=339957"},"modified":"2017-07-27T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T14:27:09","slug":"gitmo-two-deal-laid-before-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/gitmo-two-deal-laid-before-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Gitmo Two deal laid before Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"
The agreement between Ghana and the United States on the resettlement of the two former Gitmo detainees in Ghana has been laid before Parliament.<\/p>\n
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, subsequently referred the agreement to Parliament’s Foreign Affairs committee for consideration.<\/p>\n
The two detainees, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, who were in detention for 14 years after being linked with terrorist group Al-Qaeda, were brought to Ghana in 2016, for a period, after which they were expected to be reintegrated in their home countries.<\/p>\n
The move was however condemned by many including the now-governing New Patriotic Party, who described them as a security threat.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court, in June, however, ordered that<\/a><\/strong><\/span> the agreement covering the resettlement be submitted to Parliament for ratification or otherwise, failing which the two ex-detainees would be repatriated.<\/p>\n