Ex-Gitmo detainee marries in Ghana

Europa

June 23, 2017 5:49 PM

The marriage ceremony occurred while he was in Ghana.

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One of the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees being hosted by Ghana has gotten married during his short stay in the country.

The lawyer for Bin Atef who disclosed this said the marriage ceremony occurred while he was in Ghana.

“I think it was contracted while he was in Ghana but I don’t believe the woman is from Ghana.”

“He is already married but I don’t think it is to anybody in Ghana. He did get married after he got out of Guantanamo but I don’t know the details of that,” the lawyer, George Clarke said in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM.

It has, however, emerged that Bin Atef’s wife's name is Haia. She is a Yemeni. They married about two and a half months ago in Ghana.

The lawyer for Bin Atef further indicated that his client would want to have a regular life and be able to move around and work as well.

Meanwhile, the government has indicated that the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees have behaved well since the erstwhile John Mahama administration accepted to host them.

This follows the Supreme Court’s declaration as unconstitutional, the agreement which has Ghana hosting the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The apex court, as part of a judgement ordered that the government must within the next three months send the agreement to Parliament for ratification or have the two detainees sent back to the United States.

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