MRS. MARGARET BANFUL AND HENRY NANA BOAKYE vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [2017]DLSC2600

MRS. MARGARET BANFUL AND HENRY NANA BOAKYE vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND THE MINI... [2017]DLSC2600

Date	2017-06-22
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J1/7/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLSC2600

AKUFFO (MS) CJ PRESIDING

ATUGUBA JSC

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

NANA ADJEI BARFOUR-AWUAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF

DOROTHY AFRIYIE-AWUAH CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS.
MARGARET BANFUL AND HENRY NANA BOAKYE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. J1/7/2016&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 22ND
JUNE, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NANA
ADJEI BARFOUR-AWUAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DOROTHY
AFRIYIE-AWUAH, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>AKUFFO (MS), CJ PRESIDING ATUGUBA, JSC ADINYIRA (MRS), JSC DOTSE, JSC
YEBOAH, JSC BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC AND GBADEGBE, JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>AKUFFO (MS), CJ:-<o:p></o:p>Background<o:p></o:p>By a writ filed on 21st
of January, 2016, the Plaintiffs, in their capacities as citizens of Ghana,
invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court pursuant to Articles
2(1)(b) and 130(1) of the 1992 Constitution and Rule 45 of the Supreme Court
Rules, 1996 (CI 16), seeking against the Defendants the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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l1 level1 lfo1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
"A declaration that
on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of
Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana, by agreeing to the transfer of
Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby (both profiled
terrorist and former detainees of Guantanamo Bay) to the Republic of Ghana,
required the ratification by an Act of Parliament or a resolution of Parliament
supported by the votes of more than one-half of all the members of Parliament.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that on a true
and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the
President of the Republic of Ghana acted unconstitutionally in his failure to
obtain the requisite ratification by an Act of Parliament or a resolution of
Parliament supported by the votes of more than one-half of all the members of
Parliament when he agreed with the Government of the United States of America
to transfer Mahmud Umar Muhammed Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby to
the Republic of Ghana.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the
reception of the said detainees into the Republic of Ghana by the President of
Ghana is in excess of his powers under the constitution and hence
unconstitutional.<o:p></o:p>