Federal Government Reacts As Ghana Deports 723 Nigerians
Posted by E.L.E.X on February 20 2019 under News
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Amb. Michael Abikoye has protested the inhuman treatment of Nigerians by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) with the deportation of 723 Nigerians between 2018 and 2019.
Abikoye said this at a meeting between him and the Comptroller-General of GIS, Kwame Takyi, in Ghana.
Report of the meeting was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
The High Commissioner said that 723 Nigerians were deported on alleged illegal stay, cybercrime and prostitution between the January 2018 and January 2019.
According to him, 81 Nigerians are deported on alleged cybercrime and illegal stay in January, while 115 have so far been deported in February on the allegation of overstay and prostitution.
The High commissioner cautioned against the inhuman treatment of Nigerians by Ghana, warning that any form of torture or ill-treatment of Nigerians would not be acceptable to the Nigerian Government.
He said though the High Commission would not condone any form of criminality on the part of Nigerians, saying that inhuman treatment and alleged torture of some Nigerians in Ghana would no longer be tolerated.
He said "Although, the GIS had linked prostitution and cybercrimes as some of the reasons for the deportation, it is improper to deport Nigerians for alleged illegal stay in Ghana.
“There are several Ghanaians living in Nigeria and the Nigeria Immigration Service has never deported any of them on the ground of illegal stay, because of a sense of brotherliness between our countries.”
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