ALLEGED DEPORTATION OF NIGERIANS IN GHANA, DABIRI-EREWA APPEALS FOR CALM
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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says its attention has been drawn to a disturbing video on social media showing a protest by some Ghanaians calling on the authority to send Nigerians back to Nigeria alleging that their behaviours and attitudes were not in conformity with the norms of Ghana.
In a statement, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) said the blanket outrage against Nigerians living in Ghana and branding them as criminals should be condemned by all.
” Nigerians are not criminals. They are good ambassadors wherever they find themselves while those bad ones should be fish out and face the necessary sanctions”
“Ghana and Nigeria are like siamese twins. They are brothers and such in the spirit of ECOWAS and regional integration should continue to live in peace like brothers.
The NIDCOM Boss thus appealed for calm and urged Nigerians living in Ghana not to be provoked or go into violence with anyone as the issue is being handled at the diplomatic level.
She advised anyone using inciteful words to desist henceforth both from Nigerians and Ghanaians as that is capable of escalating the matter.
Dabiri-Erewa also advised Nigerians to disregard the videos circulating that Nigerians’ shops and properties are destroyed by Ghanaians. “There is no evidence to that and we must at all cost prevent any reprisal attacks”.
She praised Ghanaian and Nigeria High Commissioners for their efforts to control the situation, adding that the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs , has also been in touch with Ghanaian authorities and had taken some pro- active measures .
The protesting Ghanaians had alleged that Nigerians were involved in cultism, kidnapping, prostitution, fraud and other forms of illegality in Ghana and such want the country leadership to send them back to Nigeria.
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