The two Gitmo detainees United States flew down to settle in Ghana through a deal with the government of Ghana have finally spoken—to help calm Ghanaians and displace the hovering fear and panic.
Many Ghanaians are worried that these two detainees, originally from Yemen, who were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for almost 14 years and were once considered to have connections with Al-Qaeda would somehow attack Ghana or put Ghana under the radar of terrorists.
But in their first interview, the detainees have assured Ghanaians that they are nothing like that—adding that, they love Ghana and even supported Ghana against United States during the world cup.
Specifically, they said they love Asamoah Gyan…
According to the two, they are not looking for revenge and only want to live in Ghana “peacefully.”
They said; “We have been wrongly arrested for 14 years without any charge against us. We have suffered but we are not looking for revenge. We want to leave in Ghana quiet and peacefully. And we want to put our lives together. We are very happy for the warm reception that Ghana is known for. Ghanaians are very good people. We are very excited to come to Ghana because we know some of the things about Ghana.”
They ended their interview with Unique Fm by saying;
“We are not part of any group for example Al-Qaeda or other things, we don’t belong to any part of them. We are healed, we want to leave very normal lives. Allah bless you and the people of Ghana.”
Listen to the interview below…