Akufo-Addo speaks on Guantanamo detainees saga
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has waded into the raging public debate on the rationality or otherwise of accommodating two Guantanamo Bay ex-detainees of Yemeni origin in Ghana.
The John Mahama administration’s decision to accept the two, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, has provoked widespread condemnation in a section of the public, with many expressing fear that accommodating people with alleged terrorism ties could compromise national security.
Although the government has given an assurance that the two pose no threat to Ghana’s peace and security, with President Mahama saying that road accidents pose a greater threat to Ghanaians than the ex-detainees, many Ghanaians still remain skeptical.
Commenting on the development on Saturday, Nana Addo, a former Foreign Affairs Minister, said the process that saw the two ex-detainees come to Ghana was flawed and unacceptable, adding that the government had failed the people of Ghana.
He made this known through his spokesperson, Mustapha Hameed, who indicated that his boss wanted the ex-detainees returned.
“Nana Addo thinks the process is flawed...and was wrong for government to accept them,” Hamid told Accra-based Citi FM.
