Kaneshie District Court lawfully detained foreign nationals believed to be associated with a new political group with the identity “The New Force.”
She was arraigned by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).
The Kaneshi District Court did not accept the defendant’s argument and read out the facts in open court.
Shalimar Abbiussi, a Belgian spokesperson for The New Force, is being detained on charges of “obtaining a student permit by false declaration.”
The court granted prosecutors several days to complete their investigation and remanded the accused to lawful custody to reappear in court on Monday, December 11, 2023.
Mr Jamal Tonsua, representing the accused, told the court that GIS only wanted to abuse his client’s rights and that under the Ghanaian constitution she was entitled to a fair trial. said the investigation should have been completed before coming to court. .
The defense attorney prayed for bail on the grounds that his client was not a flight risk.
Her lawyer said the defendant’s passport is registered in the GIS, which should be able to detect her movements.
The lawyer stated that the defendant has a powerful person who should act as a guarantor.
The public prosecutor’s office, led by Deputy Commissioner of Immigration Adolf Aboazi Asenso, prayed the court to remand the accused so that the state could ascertain his mission and activities in the country.
Prosecutors said the state needs time to draw logical conclusions about her involvement in domestic political activities.
Prosecutors said the accused had a high tendency to interfere with other witnesses and activities.
Prosecutors argued that the student permit obtained by the accused was obtained through a false declaration because “she is not a student at any school in Ghana.”
“As we speak, the court cannot grant bail to an illegal immigrant because she is an illegal immigrant and the court would be perpetuating her illegal stay,” prosecutors said.
The facts before the court are that the accused was arrested at the invitation of the Head of the National Enforcement Section of the GIS Headquarters regarding his domestic immigration status.
Prosecutors said the GIS’s attention was drawn to the defendant’s activities on social media.
The newspaper said the defendant was spotted in a short video circulating introducing the emergence of a new political group called “New Force”.
Prosecutors said the suspect identified himself as a military spokesperson.
The prosecution told the court that the accused first visited Ghana on September 4, 2017 through Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and had been visiting Ghana regularly since then until he was arrested and became a resident in 2018. He said this was revealed as a result of the investigation. He enrolled as a student at the University of Ghana College.
Prosecutors said a check from the university showed she was never a student.
It said it is suspected that documents allegedly issued by the university to support her residence permit application were forged.
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