[contextly_sidebar id=”D5UyvcR15TiW7BAML7jNSHlvhaWCrL1O”]Ghana\u2019s controversial agreement with the United States of America for the two-year stay of the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees,\u00a0Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, ended on January 6, 2018.<\/p>\n
The government has said it is discussing the future of the two, who were in detention for 14 years after being linked with terrorist group Al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n
Despite the concerns that met Ghana’s decision to host the two Yemeni men, their two-year stay passed without any incident.<\/p>\n
Mr. Kpebu believes continuing to show commitment to the US on this front will only serve to bolster the nation’s security efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the extent that we have helped for about two years now, I think that once everything holds constant, we should continue to help because we are also thereby taking care of our own security. Some of these things are not done for free\u2026 when you keep these guys we also benefit. They share intelligence with us and so many other things.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Bottom line is that, once it doesn\u2019t hurt our national security to continue to host them, let\u2019s do so because we are also indirectly taking care of our own security by helping out,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n
‘Storm in a teacup’<\/strong><\/p>\n Anti-corruption campaigner, Sydney Casely Hayford, also speaking on the show, welcomed the stay of the two Yemeni, and said the negative reaction to the hosting of the two was ultimately overblown.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to conclude that at the end of the day, it was just a storm in a teacup. They are welcome to stay \u2013 why not?”<\/p>\n
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