Temptation Island' temptress Shallie Abbiusi forces Ghana to pay 9,500 euros fine

29-11-2024

Temptation Island' temptress Shallie Abbiusi forces Ghana to pay 9,500 euros fine

The Human Rights Court of the Economic Community of West African States ruled Friday morning that the arrest, detention and eventual deportation of Shallie Abbiusi was an unlawful violation of freedom. The 'Tempation Island' seductress reacted with relief.

Flanders got to know Shallie Abbiusi (31) as a seductress in Temptation Island. Since 2018, she has been building a life in Ghana as an influencer and media personality. She even grew to become the international spokesperson for the largest Ghanaian opposition party The New Force. But in December 2023, things went wrong and she suddenly ended up in jail for a week on suspicion of fraud with her residence permit. In 2018, Abbiusi is said to have falsely claimed that she was studying at the Ghana Christian University College, which may have unlawfully given her a student visa.

Human rights violated

“After the Ghanaian security services arrested me, I was suddenly in custody for a week in the Ghanaian capital Accra, on suspicion of fraud with my residence permit,” says Abbiusi. “They did not abuse me, but my human rights were still violated.”

In mid-December 2023, Abbiusi was released on bail after paying around 20,000 Ghanaian cedis, the equivalent of around 1,550 euros. Not much later, she was arrested a second time, this time because her residence permit was allegedly not in order. She was eventually deported and now lives in Rotselaar (Flanders/Belgium).

Return to Ghana

But Abbiusi did not leave it at that and she brought the case before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, the human rights court of the Economic Community of West African States, in Abuja, Nigeria. The judge there ruled in her favour on Friday. “The judge awarded me 9,500 euros in damages. The Court ruled that it had jurisdiction to hear the case and also acknowledged that the second arrest was in breach of Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. However, the Court rejected the accusation of violation of a fair trial and freedom of movement. Of course, I am happy with the decision. I plan to return to Ghana after the national elections of 7 December 2024.”

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