The group said, the situation can pose serious implications for the nation’s national security, and has thus indicated that it would resist any attempts by any government, political party or individual to oppress the good people of Ghana.
The group’s comments came at the heels of the ongoing confusion as regards the release of two Guantanamo Detainees into Ghana.
In a statement issued, Youth For Progressive Ghana said, Barrack Obama the president of the United States of America during his campaign to become the President of the US, promised to close down Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, a home known for deadly criminals and terrorists/ enemy combatant, hence detainees are being transferred to other countries in other to ensure the closure of the Detention facility.
A statement issued by Hannah Serwaah Tetteh the Minster Of Foreign Affairs disclosing an agreement made with the US government to transfer two of these dangerous detainees from Guantanamo Prison to Ghana which has been successfully done.
Mohammed Salih Khalid al-Dhuby, 38 and a member Al-Qaeda, a notorious terrorist group, Yemeni Mahmud Umar Mohammed bin Atef, 36. This two terrorist where captured in Afghanistan in 2001.
However, the group found it absurd that Ghana Government unilaterally took the decision without consulting Ghanaians through the August house of parliament.
“Citizens where kept in the dark with regards to this deadly transaction.”
Youth For Progressive Ghana said, it has gathered evidence that, Illinois Federal Faculty which was abandoned for years was renovated to ensure a successful transfer of Detainees from Guantanamo. However the State Senate and Congress rejected this transfer of Detainees even though it would have created a lot of employment as Illinois is a rural town.
“If Illinois and it’s surrounding towns with state of the art security system rejected the transfer of this dangerous detainees due to it’s future consequences, how on earth should a country with highly porous borders and prisons, poor security and monitoring systems like Ghana accept this dangerous detainees.”
“As we just enter the election year, the security situation going into the general elections tends to be rather fragile and we would not like to exacerbate our already polarized country.”
“We the Youth would like to make this loud and clear to the Executives and the Legislature, that, we will uphold and defend this country against greed, corruption and other activities that will bring the security and safety of our country into disrepute,” the statement said.
Youth For Progressive Ghana gives the government till the end of this month to review or start the agreements to review the transfer.
Members of the group also hinted of possible demonstration against the decision.
Source: Newsghana.com.gh
