Mr Samuel Atta-Akyea, a lawyer for the three retired South African police officers who were deported to South Africa this morning, has described the deportation as “most embarrassing,†to Ghana’s security set up.
The three were put on board South African Airways flight number 210, which departed around 9:26am Tuesday to Johannesburg.
Their entry visas were also revoked by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), according to a report by Graphic.com.gh.
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 Officials from the GIS and security details from the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), escorted the three to the aircraft, which was yet to be boarded by other passengers, the report said.
The three — Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (retd), 54; Warrant Officer Denver Dwayhe, 33, and Captain Mlungiseli Jokani, 45 — were arrested at the EL-Capitano Hotel where they had been based since arriving in Ghana.
They were said to be training 15 young men in various security drills, including unarmed combat, weapon handling, VIP protection techniques and rapid response exercises.
Although an Accra Circuit Court granted them bail, the BNI still kept them in its custody before they were deported on Tuesday.
Condemning the development, Mr Atta-Akyea told Graphic.com.gh that the deportation of the three was indicative of the fact that their arrest was a “whole melodramaâ€.
“This is most embarrassing to our security set up because if they had confidence in their charges, they should have prosecuted them and not left them off the hook,†he said.
Mr Atta-Akyea, according to the report, said the objective of the men’s arrest in the first place was “to feed the NDC’s propaganda that the NPP is doing something untowardâ€.
He added that the deportation of the three was a mockery of Ghana’s democracy because what had transpired was an “international embarrassment".
Mr Atta-Akyea added that lawyers for the three would press contempt charges against the BNI.