Four Nigerians Weep As Court Orders Their Deportation From
Ghana
It was serious drama that
unfolded at the Enchi District Magistrate Court when four Nigerians wept
uncontrollably after the court ordered the police to hand them over to the
Ghana Immigration Service for their repatriation from Ghana.
The court has issued a bench
warrant for the arrest of the two, Ghanaweb reports
All the convicts were earlier
charged for keeping a brothel, but they pleaded not guilty.
However, the court presided over
by Eric Baah Boateng found them guilty and convicted all accordingly at the end
of the trial.
Detective Inspector Joseph Kwadwo
Agyare told the court that Amanda, Emerald, Angel, Jennifer and Esther are
Nigerians and residents at Abokyia in the Aowin Municipality in the Western
North Region.
He said Anthony is the husband of
Esther while Arthur is the landlord of the convicts.
According to Detective Agyare,
the complainant, Catherine Joseph, is a 19-year-old Nigerian and currently
resides at Amakom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The prosecution said two weeks
ago, Amanda paid a visit to Nigeria and convinced the complainant that she had
secured a job for her as a cleaner in Ghana.
He said the complainant agreed
and when the two arrived in Ghana, Amanda told her she was going to work as a
commercial sex worker.
Inspector Agyare informed the
court that Amanda subsequently took the complainant to a riverside and made her
swear an oath that she would not flee to Nigeria.
The prosecution said the
complainant, who was not pleased with what she had been forced into, managed to
escape from the Banaso community to Ashanti Region. She narrated her ordeal to
a private radio station based in Kumasi.
He said officials of the radio
station later assisted her in lodging a formal complaint with the Ghana Police
Service at Enchi where Amanda was arrested in a wooden structure that they were
using as a brothel.
The prosecution said that Anthony
was found in Esther’s room in the arrest, where four boxes containing 144
condoms and lubricants were retrieved.
During interrogations, he said
Amanda and Emerald said they rented the brothel from Arthur, leading to his
arrest.
