Nigerians must go, Ghanaians protest
Some Ghanaians have taken to the streets to protest alleged mass prostitution and ritual killings in their country by Nigerians.
The protesters who came out en masse on Tuesday were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions such as, “Our health at stake due to mass prostitution; “Nigerians are kidnapping and using people for rituals”.
Other inscriptions read: “Our kids are getting missing because of Igbos; “Armed robbery and violent attacks must stop,” among others.
Some were seen with the picture of a man allegedly killed by a Nigerian in Accra. A lady in the video was heard asking Nigerians to leave their country because of their wayward lifestyle.
“Nigerians must go because you can’t be in someone’s country and be doing anyhow,” she said.
Other protesters were heard complaining about how Nigerians have taken over their markets and are orchestrating all sorts of evil and wreaking havocs in their country.
This brings the “Ghana must go” incidence of 1983 to mind where the Nigerian government under late former President Shehu Shagari ordered about two million undocumented immigrants, majority of whom were Ghanaians, to leave Nigeria.
Shagari had said: “If they don’t leave, they should be arrested, tried and sent back to their homes. Illegal immigrants, under normal circumstances, should not be given any notice whatsoever. If you break a law, then you have to pay for it.”
It was this incidence that christened a checked sack bag which most Ghanaians used in assembling their luggage as they left Nigeria, “Ghana must go” bag, a name still in use for the said bag in Nigeria to this day.
Although no official statement has been released by the Ghanaian authorities, many are wondering if history is about to repeat itself, albeit in a twist of Irony.
