Children between age ten
and seventeen years were being trafficked to Nigeria from Tatale communities in
the Northern region Ghana, the Ghana Immigration Service rescued forty-two children.
Two persons were arrested
over the crime. The suspects identified as Paul Waabem, 24 a Ghanaian from
Tatale, resident in Nigeria, and Moses Yaw Kumah, 27, a Togolese, who also
lives in Nigeria were remanded in prison custody and reappeared in court
yesterday, February 23, 2016. Thirty-three of the children were rescued first
and nine others later.
The Northern Regional
Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Assistant Director of
Immigration (ADI), Mr Eric Afari,(pictured) who disclosed this in Tamale on
Saturday, February 20, said the command had intensified its border patrols in
the eastern corridor of the Northern Region to clamp down on the activities of
child traffickers.
He said child trafficking
was on the ascendency in the area and, therefore, appealed to residents in the
area to assist the service with credible information to track down child
traffickers in the area.
Afari was speaking during
the visit of members of the GIS Board. The team was led by its chairman, Mr
Cletus Avoka (pictured) Members of the GIS board interacted with officers and men
of the service in the Northern Region to know their operational challenges and
how best they could be resolved.
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