It has emerged that one of the two ex-Guantanmo Bay detainees being hosted by Ghana has gotten married during his short stay in the country.
It is unclear whether Muhammad Bin Atef’s wife is Ghanaian but the marriage was contracted after the erstwhile John Mahama administration accepted to host him last year alongside Khalid Al-Dhuby.
Asked whether the marriage was contracted while he was in Ghana, George Clarke who has been lawyer for Bin Atef over the past two years said : “I think it was contracted while he was in Ghana but I don’t believe the woman is from Ghana.”
“He is already married but I don’t think it is to anybody in Ghana. He did get married after he got out of Guantanamo but I don’t know the details of that,” Clarke added.
Bin Atef’s wife name is Haia. She’s a Yemeni. They married about two and a half months ago in Ghana.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu minutes ago, Mr. Clarke also said his client wants to have his full freedom of movement in the country and work as well.
“He wants to live a regular life. He wants to get married. He wants to have kids…” George Clarke said.
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