Peacefmonline.com is reliably informed that Fadi Dabbousi, a fierce critic of the Mahama-led NDC administration who was "arrested" by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), has been released.
Fadi, a Ghanaian-Lebanese pilot, author of “
59 Years Of Ghana To Nowhere; The Future Is Now”, and a strong supporter of Nana Akufo-Addo, was picked up by the BNI when he landed in Ghana from Lebanon on Friday, 23 September aboard an Egypt Air flight.
BNI officials arrested him upon touching down at the Kotoka International Airport for alleged offensive conduct against President John Mahama.
Fadi's book, according to sources, pushes for a change in leadership in Ghana.
His lawyer, Hassan Tampouli, had earlier threatened to sue the state security agency for abuse of his client's rights.
Earlier yesterday (Sunday), the BNI reportedly returned books they seized the detained journalist's residence.
Hassan Tampouli told newsmen that on Sunday at about 5:45 am, operatives of the BNI returned to the residence of Mr Fadi without a search warrant but they were given access to the property.
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All they did this morning was to return all the copies of the book they took away although they still have in their possession the diary, pen drives and other valuables that they took away," he said.
Meanwhile, both an ardent New Patriotic Party activist, Evron R. Hughes, an advocate of
a well received campaign on social media with the
hashtag #FreeFadNow, and another pro-opposition pressure group,
Ghana Must Know Forum, have confirmed the release of the author who allegedly 'insulted' President Mahama.
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