Tension is brewing in Ghana as some citizens have staged a protest against Nigerians, accusing them of engaging in mass prostitution, ritual killings, kidnapping, and violent crimes in their country.
In a viral video seen on Tuesday, the protesters, numbering in their hundreds, carried placards with inscriptions such as “Armed robbery and violent attacks must stop,” “Our health at stake due to mass prostitution,” “Nigerians are kidnapping and using people for rituals,” and “Our kids are getting missing because of Igbos.”
The demonstrators also displayed a photograph of a man allegedly killed by a Nigerian in the Accra area.
One of the visibly angry protesters, a woman in her mid-30s, accused Nigerians of lawlessness and demanded their immediate expulsion.
“Nigerians must go because you can’t be in someone’s country and be doing anyhow. Nigerians must go,” she yelled.
Another protester accused Nigerians of hijacking major markets and flouting Ghana’s laws restricting foreign business operations.
“These Igbo, they are in every part of the country and have targeted our markets. Not just Igbo, Nigerians are in almost every village. Our laws don’t even allow foreigners to engage in real dealings.
“They are perpetrating evil in our country. They even have an Igbo king in Ghana. They have hijacked our lands. It’s just a matter of time; we will conquer them and take over our country,” he said.
The current protest has drawn comparisons to the infamous “Ghana Must Go” saga of 1983, when then Nigerian President Shehu Shagari ordered about two million undocumented immigrants, mostly Ghanaians, to leave Nigeria.
At the time, President Shagari defended the mass expulsion, saying, “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.”
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