Ranking Member on Parliament’s Select Committee on Defence and Interior, Major Derek Oduro (retired) is threatening to drag before Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Interior to explain the arrival of two Guantanamo Bay prisoners in the ciountry.
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Ministers to be hauled before Parliament over Gitmo prisoners
Major Derek Oduro said Ghanaians were not ready for the possible implications of hosting terror suspects and therefore Parliament must intervene.
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Major Oduro said Parliament needs to be provided with answers from government over what he described as a sensitive issue.
Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby are two Gitmo prisoners being offered humanitarian assistance in Ghana.
Bin Atef is an admitted member of the Taliban and fought for Usama bin Laden, while Al-Dhuby trained with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
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The decision by government of Ghana to accept the prisoners into the country for resettlement has sparked outrage among Ghanaians.
Major Derek Oduro (retired) speaking to Citi FM said, "Government should have prepared the minds of Ghanaians, now every Ghanaian is going through some mental torture, panic, fear."
"These people what would be the security implications, should Al Qaeda, the group that they belong to attack an interest outside Ghana and within the country Ghana, what are we going to do when that thing happens," he asked.
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"So people want to know, what will be the security implications. the Minister must appear before Parliament and brief us," he said.
He said Ghanaians were not ready for the possible implications of hosting terror suspects and therefore Parliament must intervene.
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