Government has deported the 11 West African Nationals, who filed a suit against the country to their home countries over the weekend.
The 11 nationals, comprising four Nigerians, three Togolese, two Malians, one Gambian and one Liberian, were seeking the enforcement of their human rights, arguing that they were being detained in Ghana against their will.
They also filed an injunction against their repatriation and another order compelling the government to produce them before the court.
On Tuesday, September. 23, 2025 when the case was called, the High Court, Land Division presided over by Madam Priscilla Ofori ordered the lawyers of the applicants to serve notice to the AG, Chief of Defence Staff and the Comptroller-General of Immigration, indicating that the case had become national and international interest.
The Judge said she had examined the orders sought after and considering the fact that the case was of national and international interest she was of the opinion that it would be in the interest of justice for the two motions brought ex parte to be brought on notice to the respondent for consideration.
However, Mr Oliver Barker Vormawor, Lead Counsel, told the court that the action would not be necessary since their applications had become moot.
He said the 11 West African nationals were deported over the weekend, and therefore sought leave of the court to withdraw the two motions, he had filed.
He said unfortunately, when they came to on September 18, 2025, the court adjourned the matter to this morning and declined their prayer to grant an order to prevent removal in the interim.
He said they had to inform the court that the persons whose human rights they were seeking to enforce were all deported over the weekend, and as such, their applications had become moot.
Mr Barker-Vormawor said this was the exact injury they were trying to prevent, urging the court to be more decisive in order not to render more injury and injustice to other deportees, who would come to the court because the government has agreed with the US government to bring in more of such nationals.
The court after having that information, struck out the suit as withdrawn.
The Ghanaian government had agreed to accept West African nationals deported from the United States and 14 have already arrived in the country.
The deportations are part of the US government’s hard-line approach towards immigration since President Donald Trump took Office in January.
