Ghanaian freed from Libyan prison

Accra, May 1, GNA - Mr. Daniel Baidoo, a Ghanaian, who was imprisoned for 25 years in Libya in 2001 for possessing Christian materials, has been released through the intervention of the government. He joined Vice President John Dramani Mahama, who returned home Thursday evening from Tripoli, Libya, after a three-day official visit to that country.

The Vice President told journalists at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, that Mr. Biadoo, in his early thirties, went to Libya in 1998.

Vice President Mahama said Mr. Biadoo, who was a member of the Union Church, requested for Christian literature from a Christian organization in the U.S in 1998. The Vice President said the Libyan security personnel intercepted the literature that was being posted to Mr. Biadoo, leading to his incarceration.

Vice President Mahama said when the government of Ghana learnt of the case upon coming into power, it sent a letter of clemency to the Libyan authorities through a special envoy of that country, facilitating the release of Mr. Baidoo.