KWABENA BAFFOUR ASARE V. ATTORNEY GENERAL AND GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE

JUDGMENT 

INTRODUCTION

[1] The Ghana Immigration Service (2nd Defendant) on 1st June, 2022 per a wireless message, the Deputy Comptroller-General/Operations directed the Commander KIA, OIC/Aflao, Elubo and Paga to place a suspect Kwabena Asare alias Kobby a male Ghanaian national who resides in Germany on the SPOTLIST. They were requested to apprehend him when he attempts to exit the country and bring him to the attention of the Deputy Comptroller-General /Operations. The wireless message was based on a request by the Ghana Police Service.

[2] The Plaintiff Kwabena Baffour Asare a Ghanaian and a resident of Berlin, Germany came to Ghana in May 2022 for the funeral of his late mother and decided to return on 17th June, 2022. When he got to the Kotoka International Airport and had gone through all the pre-boarding procedures and was preparing to board his flight, he was prevented by officials of the 2nd Defendant for being on their 'Wanted Persons' list. He was detained and later taken to …