The court stated that despite government insisting the agreement was a note verbal it is not covered by the state Secrecy Act. Therefore, this can be given to the lawyers and admitted into evidence.

The court stated that despite government insisting that the agreement was a note verbal it is not covered by the state Secrecy Act. Therefore, this can be given to the lawyers and admitted into evidence.

But the suit they filed explained that under Article 58(2) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana is under an obligation to execute and maintain the Antiterrorism Act of 2008 (Act 762) and the Immigration Act of 2000 (Act 573) being laws passed under the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.

At the previous hearing of the case which was done in camera, the verbal note was provided to the court after which the decision to order the release of the agreement was issued.

The court also explained that the agreement is not for public consumption but only for the consumption of the court.

Margaret Banful and Henry Nana Boakye filed a suit against the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, and Minister of Interior on the relocation of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammed Salih Al-Dhuby in Ghana without seeking parliamentary approval.