Emmanuel Padi, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana
Nigerian authorities have deported Ghanaians from that country. Following the arrest and deportation of 24 Ghanaians last week, 21 more Ghanaians have been deported from Nigeria, bringing the number so far deported on the orders of Nigerian two state governors to 45.
The deportation were at the order of the state governors of Ondo State and Kwara State in Nigeria which run a federal system thus making foreign affairs, defence and internal affairs the preserve of the federal government in Abuja.
The deportees were taken to Nigeria/Benin border by road and handed over to authorities in that country and later transported to the Togo/Ghana border at Aflao and handed over to Ghanaian authorities and the National disaster management organization in Ketu North District of the Volta Region without any belonging.
It has emerged that no reason was proffered for their arrest and subsequent deportation to Ghana and ironically, more and more Nigerians, most of them without valid travel documents, continue to troop to Ghana for the purpose of mostly sojourning.
In an interview with news men, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Alhaji Musiliu Obanikoro, condemned the action of the governors, describing it as the work of overzealous public officials. He has however promised looking into it with the view to reviewing the trend to remedy the situation.
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