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KWABENA BAFFOUR ASARE
V.
ATTORNEY GENERAL & ANOR

(2025) JELR 114641 (HC)

High Court 16 Jan 2025 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, a Ghanaian resident in Germany, was stopped by Ghana Immigration Service (2nd Defendant) at Kotoka International Airport on 17 and 18 June 2022 due to a 94% database name match to a wanted person, but was later cleared by polic

Case Details

Suit Number:GJ/0366/2023
Judges:LORDSHIP JUSTICE AYITEY ARMAH TETTEH
Counsel:JOHN KWASHIGA NENYO ESQ., FOR REINDORF TWUMASI ANKRAH ESQ., FOR PLAINTIFF MRS YVONNE CHLOE MESSIBA (SA) LED BY UMO ZAKARI FOR DEFENDANTS (PSA)
Location:Accra

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 …

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