Lomé, Togo – Wetin happen? Na one Nigerian man, wey Ghana transfer come Togo, don come tell BBC say e dey stuck for hotel after dem gree carry dem go better accommodation, only to dump dem for Togo instead. Na wah! This kind matter dey vex person, as the man and five others no even sabi say dem go land for Togo, dem just carry dem waka through back door. How you go dey tell person say you dey give am VIP treatment, only to land am for market square?
The Nigerian wey prefer make we no drop im name for safety reasons, explain say na Ghanaian officers wey bribe police before dem sneak dem come Togo. “Dem no take us through the main border, dem take us through the back door. Dem pay police for there and drop us for Togo,” he talk. E no sweet at all as Nigerian and four other deportees now dey live like jaga-jaga for hotel without any proper papers to assist dem. Talk about bad luck, e chook dem!
But make we check wetin dey happen for back. Na from America dem deport this Nigerian, chop plenty wahala before them give am flight to Ghana. As dem land, him and him padi GBAM! dem come dey complain about de terrible ways dem treat them for military camp where dem dey stay. From bad food to no medical care, e be like say dem don see hell on earth. “Life there was really hard; we ask for better place, better medication, better healthcare and better water,” he dey talk. E be like say dem give dem better wahala instead. Na so dem manifest come say dem wan move dem to hotel, wey go fine pass military camp. Instead, dem transfer dem to Togo wey be wetin dem no even expect. God of mercy!
As the man dey there, e come dey break his heart say im dey separated from him kids wey dey for America. “I have a house in the US where my kids live. How am I supposed to pay the mortgage? I don’t know how they’ll manage while I’m gone,” im dey lament like say e don near birthday without gift. Lai lai! The Nigerian man don join activist group—Yoruba Self-Determination Movement—still dey fear return to Nigeria because of wahala wey fit come his way. Dem don dey arrest people wey dey involved for this movement. Na wetin dem mean by third-country deportation? Na como big man wey wey dey run away from all the trouble.
Ghana’s President John Mahama don tell the world say dem go accept deportees, but dem go do am with sense. He don also clarify say Ghana no go turn to dumping ground for all these deportees. Meanwhile, opposition MPs dey shout make dem suspend this agreement wey no go nor eh be ratified by parliament. Na who dey hear them? Another 40 deportees dey waka follow dem for ground as Ghana dey start dem sell dem story for diplomacy level.
People wey get head dey ask say why the US dey use this third-country processing wey dey create so much wahala. As e dey be, the Nigerian man wey dey struggle for hotel represent larger problem wey dey happen, as this wahala no concern just him alone but plenty deportees dey wholly fall victim of this immigration wahala. As e dey here spray palm wine dey ask for better life, the bigger matter dey play for ground too. E go better sma sma!
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