News:
March 15, 2018
Minister of the Interior Ambrose Dery has asked for evidence that repatriated Indian businessman, Ashok Sivaram was manhandled in the processing of his deportation.
According to the Interior Minister in an interview with ghanamps.com, he needed evidence that any security person has manhandled anybody and he would cause an investigation into it.
“We have a proud record in this Country of handling people properly, when Ashok Sivaram was at the airport we could have said he has not entered the Country technically”.
As to whether the Interior Minister has a personal interest in the case as being alleged, he noted that he has never met the Indian businessman, “I do not know him.”
I am not going to allow anybody to use me to work against anybody, it has not happened and it will never happen, he remarked.
He recounted that the issue was raised on the floor of the House and he frankly said the issue is before the court, “now the Supreme Court has come out with their verdict and he has been repatriated.”
“We will implement the law a number of people have been deported his is not the only person, people will be deported and he was deported on security grounds period”.
He went to court, the High court that gave a ruling in his favor, we respected it, as we disagreed with it we went back to court and in the end the Supreme Court has spoken and I think the supreme court has done the right thing taken the right decision making him leave the country, he added.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com