Government's Attitude Towards the Abduction of Mahran Baajour – Minority

Sunday, March 24, 2019 Policy

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-03-24

The minority in Parliament criticized the silence of the Akuffo-Addo government on the abduction and disappearance of Mahran Mustapha Baajour.

Mahran Mustapha Baajour, 39 years old, is a Lebanese businessman of Palestinian origin who arrived in Ghana from Lebanon for a business visit on December 13, 2018 and did not go back to Lebanon. has since been never seen in public.

In a press release signed by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the minority said "immediately after his arrival at the Kotoka International Airport on December 13, 2018, Mahran Mustapha Baajour and his two Ghanaian hosts who greeted him at the airport were stopped in the airport compound just as they were leaving their Toyota salon vehicle with the registration number. GN 6126 – 15 by persons claiming to be agents of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) "

"After the three men were detained for six days in violation of Ghanaian law, we believe that the two hosts of Mahran, one Razak Abdul and another, were later released as free men while Mahran was kept in detention. This is why Mahran's family and his country's officials have a hard time believing the denials and demands for innocence of Ghanaian government officials they contacted. "

According to the minority, what has happened can be described as a violation of human rights that is already causing considerable turmoil in diplomatic circles.

Mahran Mustapha Baajour

The abduction of three-month-old Mahran Mustapha Baajour has already sparked major protests in Beirut, Lebanon, where petitions have been presented to the president of the nation and the speaker of his parliament.

"Our surveillance of the international media, including Al-Jazeera, which has already broadcast two reports on this subject, confirms that another petition calling for Mahran's release to the Ghanaian government was presented to our consular officer in Lebanon, where another demonstration was organized with protesters banners on which one could read: "Mahran is in your prisons."

The minority said that, as a result of their observation of the issue, demonstrations were to take place at the Ghana Embbady in Washington, DC, United States of America, later in the week.

The minority said the government must act urgently by tirelessly badbadinating investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale. The violence in the by-election of Ayawaso West Wuogon has led the international community to question Ghana's credibility in promoting human rights.

Below the complete statement: