FG Secures Release Of 36 Nigerians Held In Ghana

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The federal government has announced the release of 36 Nigerians who were arrested by Ghanaian authorities for illegally entering the country.

A group, Concerned Citizens Rights had earlier written a letter to the Chairman, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, Ms. Abike Dabiri narrating the ordeals of the 36 Nigerians who were arrested in Ghana for illegally entering the country.

“Available information corroborated the fact that about 35 Nigerians are currently detained; some, for more than 45 days in unsanitary conditions in the arrival hall and other locations, which can better be described as ‘concentration camps.’ They sleep on bare concrete floors without food, and with just one toilet for all genders.

“To make matters worse, both men and women are cramped in one camp, sleeping together in flagrant violation of the detention code and convention. Under the facade of safekeeping, the immigration officers seized huge sums of money from merchants and traders among them,” the group said.

However, the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Tuesday, in a series of tweets, disclosed that the Nigeria Mission in Ghana has appealed to the relevant authorities not to press charges against the arrested Nigerians.

“About a month ago, the Nigerian mission in Ghana got a call about the arrest of 6 Nigerians who were caught at Aflao border trying to enter Ghana.

“The Nigerian Consular team was dispatched by the High Commission to go and Intervene immediately, and on getting there, they met with about 30 more Nigerians who were arrested for also trying to enter Ghana through illegal routes due to the border closure.

“The consular team appealed to the immigration officials not to charge the apprehended Nigerians to court.

“The officials agreed and allowed the team to get their details to secure approval from the appropriate authorities for them to be evacuated with stranded Nigerians, as the Ghanaian immigration would not permit them to proceed into Ghana because of the border closure.

“There are in total about 50 Nigerians detained by the Ghanaian Immigration authorities because some were moved away from Aflao and kept somewhere else.

“The Consular team from the Nigerian mission have paid the detained Nigerians consular visits twice, and have secured their release. However, as instructed by the NCDC they need to do their COVID 19 tests before returning to Nigeria.”

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