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Vice President returns from Libya with
jailed Ghanaian
Accra, April 30, Ghanadot/GNA - Vice
President John Mahama is expected from Libya tonight after
securing the release of one Daniel Baidoo, who was jailed for 25
years in 2001 in that country for circulating Christian tracts
in Arabic.
This followed Mr Mahama’s three-day visit to Libya after he had
presented the clemency for the release of Baidoo to Colonel
Muammar Qathafi through Dr Al-Sayeed, a Libyan Envoy who called
on him last week at the Castle Osu in Accra.
Mr Mawuko Zormelo, Media Coordinator at the Office of the
President, told the Ghana News Agency on telephone on Thursday
that the Vice President would arrive at the Kotoka International
Airport with Baidoo tonight.
Baidoo was jailed in Libya in 2001, serving his term at Jedidah
Maximum Security Prison.
Following discussions with the special envoy, Mr Mahama
presented a formal letter appealing for clemency through the
Libyan Embassy in Accra to the Libyan Leader, Col. Al-Qathafi.
Baidoo was arrested at Garyan Post Office in Libya when he
collected a parcel said to contain Bible documents in Arabic.
Baidoo claimed he had ordered them from a Christian organization
in the US.
Under Libyan Law, it is an offence to witness or try to convert
a Libyan into another religion other than Islam.
GNA
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