The Vice-President of IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has said that it is time for the former Guantanamo Bay detainees to leave Ghana.
In a Facebook post on January 7, 2018, he asked that the government update Ghanaians on the stay of the Gitmo 2 since their stay in the country has elapsed.
“Time to return the Gitmo 2. Their time is up. Please update us before we use the courts,” the post read.
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In August last year, parliament ratified an agreement to allow Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, to stay in Ghana, following a Supreme Court order.
The Court had earlier ruled that their stay in Ghana was unconstitutional without parliamentary backing.
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The then John Mahama-led government decided to welcome the two Yemeni ex-detainees from the US into the country for a period of two years.
This caused a public outcry among Ghanaians. Many others expressed fear that the decision would be a threat to Ghana’s security and expose the country to attacks from religious extremists.