Spokesperson for The New Force Movement, Shalimar Abbiusi's legal team has pledged to enforce the ECOWAS court's compensation order against the government.

Madam Abbiusi was deported following allegations of using forged documents to obtain a student residence permit at Ghana Christian University College.

Despite having the charges dropped and being granted bail by the Ghana Immigration Service, she was rearrested and deported on December 20, 2023.

Her lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, assured that all necessary measures would be taken to ensure the court’s ruling is implemented.

“We are now going to have the judgement, God willing, by Monday, and then we will trigger the processes. And indeed, it wasn’t even so much even about the compensation, but the fact that how she was dealt with, how her person was dealt with, was a violation of her right to liberty. And then also quite apart from that, the manner in which she was deported left many unanswered questions.

“She had acquired some assets around and because of the manner in which she was deported, a lot of those things do not have any closure. But we are hoping that on the back of this decision, the various legal processes could be triggered for her to get not only compensation but also retrieve some of her belongings as well as her assets which are currently in limbo because she is not around to follow them.”