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"We like Asamoah Gyan" - Ex-Guantanamo prisoners

One of the detainees said they followed the 2010 FIFA World Cup and like Asamoah Gyan.

 

The two Guantanamo Bay ex-detainees in Ghana, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, have expressed love for Ghana Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan.

One of the detainees said they followed the 2010 FIFA World Cup and like Asamoah Gyan as their favorite player during the tournament.

"Ghanaians are very good people. We are very excited to come to Ghana because we know some of the things about Ghana. First of all there is Asamoah Gyan, we know him, we like him very much, not just us, most of our people like him."

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"We have been wrongly arrested for 14 years without any charge against us. We have suffered but we are not looking for revenge. We want to leave in Ghana quiet and peacefully. And we want to put our lives together.

In an interview with Uniiq FM, the ex-detainees said, "We are very happy for the warm reception that Ghana is known for. Ghanaians are very good people. We are very excited to come to Ghana because we know some of the things about Ghana.

"We are not part of any group for example Al-Qaeda or other things, we don’t belong to any part of them. We are healed, we want to leave very normal lives. Allah bless you and the people of Ghana.

The two ex-detainees, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, arrived in Ghana on Thursday January 7, 2016 for a two-year stay as part of a deal reached between the United States of America and the Government of Ghana.

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