Deportation: Nigerian, Ghanaian Officials Hold Crucial Meeting To Address Issues - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 30, 2019
Ghanaianauthorities are working to forestall further escalation of a deportation rowthat has gripped both their country and Nigeria in recent weeks.
KwameTakyi, comptroller-general of Ghana Immigration Service, came calling at hisNigerian counterpart Mohammed Babandede’s office in Abuja during which bothcountries discussed issues surrounding deportation of one another’s citizens.
Thevisit comes a week after Nigeria deported four Ghanaians to Accra. No formalexplanation was publicly rendered for the deportation, which was approved byAbdulrahman Dambazau, the interior minister.
Amonth earlier, Nigeria had protested mass deportation of at least 723 of itscitizens between 2018 and February 2019. The Nigerians were accused of illegalstay, cybercrime, prostitution and other social vices.
Eighty-oneNigerians were deported on alleged cybercrime and illegal stay in January,while 115 have so far been deported in February on the allegation of overstayand prostitution, NAN reported, adding that Nigerian ambassador to Ghana,Michael Abikoye, strongly protested the action to the Ghanaian government inAccra.