President Mahama Says No Money Changed Hands In The Deal To Bring ‘Low Risk’ Gitmo Detainees To Ghana

The President, John Dramani Mahama, has come out categorically to deny that there were any monetary considerations underlying government’s decision to accept two ex inmates of Guantanamo Bay to be resettled in Ghana.
The decision was communicated to a not too enthused public last week, and since then Ghanaians have been trying to decipher ‘why us?’ Especially when you consider that the US, a country uniquely suited to dealing with terror, has a law on their books prohibiting resettling these people in their country.
Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, the President denied rumours that government took money for the deal, also adding that the duo are not a danger to Ghanaians in any way.
“There is no monetary consideration and the US itself would have disclosed if there was any monetary consideration. What you are seeing on social media that I collected $300 million to accept these detainees is absolutely untrue.” He said.
“It was a direct request from the US to my government.
“Ghana did a risk assessment after the US made the request for Ghana to take them. These were low-risk people who were picked when they were 20 years old. There was no evidence that they could be charged.

“I won’t take any decision that will jeopardise the security of this country…we don’t have anything to fear from them,” he added.