Supreme Court has described as unconstitutional decision by then President John Mahama to accept two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees into the country.
The Supreme Court has ruled that government acted unconstitutionally when it decided to accept two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees into the country.
The arrival of Mahmud Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Al-Dhuby into the country in 2016 sparked huge public uproar over the possible security implications as the two were believed to be former Al-Qaeda terrorist.
86-year-old retired conference officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Margaret Bamfo and Student at the Ghana School of law Henry Nana Boakye in January 2016,headed to the apex court to challenge the move by government.
The court presided over by Justice Sophia Akuffo in its ruling said the agreement was unconstitutional.
Two Guantanamo bay detainees, Atef and Al-Dhuby had been in detention for 14 years by the United States after being linked with the terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
The Supreme court said the agreement reached by the the government of Ghana and the United States was one that falls directly under the purview of the provisions of Article 75 of the 1992 constitution and the then government ought to have sought parliamentary approval before the two detainees were admitted into the country.