MR. AKWASI OSEI - ADJEI V. THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL AND THE DIRECTOR, BNI
(2009) JELR 65781 (HC)
High Court
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SUIT NO.HRC 19/09
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11 Aug 2009
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Ghana
Coram
JUSTICE UUTER P. DERY
Appearances
GODFRED YEBOAH DAME FOR APPLICANT; EBO BARTON ODRO (DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL) MR. E. AGBEMAVA AND ,GIFTY SEKYI-BIA (STATE ATTORNEYS) WITH HIM FOR THE REPUBLIC.
Judgement
<h2 class="ql-align-center">RULING</h2><p><strong>DERY, J.</strong></p><p>On 16<sup>th</sup> June 2009, the applicant, Mr. Akwasi Osei – Adjei, the immediate past Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana, brought an application to this court against the respondents, the Attorney-General and the Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) seeking the following reliefs:</p><p>i) a declaration that the seizure of the applicant’s Republic of Ghana passport and the continued detention of same by the BNI are a gross infringement on the applicant’s fundamental human right to freedom of movement under the Constitution, 1992;</p><p>ii) an order directed at the BNI to release the applicant’s passport to him unconditionally;</p><p>iii) an order of prohibition directed at the Attorney-General and the Director, BNI from any further abuse or curtailment of the applicant’s right to freedom of movement;</p><p>iv) any other order or orders as this court may seem meet.</p><p>The applicant supported his application with a twenty-four paragraphs affidavit in w…</p>