A minority asks the government to take action regarding the kidnapping of a Lebanese businessman, a businessman three months old

The minority in Parliament is calling for urgent action by the government over the alleged kidnapping and disappearance of Mahran Mustapha Baajour, a Lebanese businessman.

The minority described as repugnant the kidnapping by the government of the kidnapping of a Lebanese businessman in a press release issued by top foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.

According to the press release, 39 – year – old Mahran Mustapha Baajour is a Lebanese businessman of Palestinian origin who arrived in Ghana from Lebanon for a commercial visit on December 13, 2018, and who does not belong to the country. has not been found since.

The minority claimed that "immediately after arriving at the Kotoka International Airport, Mahran Mustapha Baajour and his two Ghanaian hosts who had greeted him at the airport had been arrested in the compound. from the airport by the time they were leaving in their Toyota salon vehicle with registration number. GN 6126-15 by persons claiming to be members 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. " The statement added.

The statement adds that "our surveillance of the international media, including Al-Jazeera, who broadcast two reports on this subject, confirms that another petition calling for Mahran's release to the Ghanaian government has been presented to our consular officer. in Lebanon, where another demonstration took place, staged with demonstrators carrying a banner bearing the words "Mahran is in your prisons".

"The minority is therefore asking Akufo-Addo administration, responsible for the territorial security of Ghana and held responsible by the growing number of protesters, to take urgent measures to ensure the family of Mahran Mustapha Baajour, which we see unfortunately lost. his mother last week, the Lebanese people and the international community as a whole believe that Ghana will not sink into a state of lawlessness and will not become a haven for human rights violations perpetrated by faceless people acting on behalf of the state, "the statement said.