The rate at which the news media outlet in Ghana have been criminalizing Nigerian's have now come to a high. They claim every thing bad happening in the country is now done by Nigerians, such kidnapping and robbery. Most of which have be debunked, and ones found true there are more Ghanaian accomplice but the media focus more on the few Nigerians involve. Now every Nigerian in Ghana is a thief or a kidnapper

Take a look at this;

The two Canadian nationals who were abducted last week have been rescued.

A team of top national security operatives rescued the duo from the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle at a hideout at slums in Kumasi.

The four kidnappers who are all Nigerian nationals have also been arrested after the standoff between them and the rescuing force.

They are believed to have had support from Ghanaians before perpetrating the crime.

Special Operations team from National Security took over operations to rescue the girls on the evening of Monday, June 10.

The two girls who are in their early adulthood have been in Ghana offering voluntary international service but luck eluded them and they were kidnapped last week.

However, the Ghana Tourism Authority on June 11, 2019 moved in to close down the hostel where the two girls stay in Kumasi claiming it has not been licensed and also has no security arrangement hence, could not be allowed continue its operation.
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Two-kidnapped-Canadian-girls-rescued-Nigerian-kidnappers-nabbed-754292

But this give a lot and more clearer report;

Eight suspects have so far been arrested for the kidnapping of the two Canadian ladies, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has officially announced.

The women, who went missing a few days ago, were found in the early hours of Wednesday June 12, 2018 at Kanyasi in Kumasi.

Recounting how the operation went, the Minister stated that intelligence gathering efforts led the team to the hiding place of the suspects.

However, there were a series of gunshot exchanges between the suspects and the security team.

One suspect sustained minor injuries as a result of the shootout.

In all, the rescuing exercise took 25 minutes.

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah maintained that “no foreign assets were involved in the operation” despite rumours that government and the police received satellite information from the Canadian government.

He disclosed that the victims are currently in Accra and undergoing.

People are now speaking out;

The Economic Fighters League (Fighters), has condemned what they described as the branding of Nigerians and other African nationals in Ghana as criminals.

“We have observed with dismay the continuous criminalisation of our fellow Africans from Nigeria and other countries,” Fighter-General Hardi Yakubu said in a statement on Monday, 17 June 2019.

Mr Yakubu noted that: “If some [Nigerians] are found breaking the law, they must be dealt with through the due process of the law, rather than used as the yardstick for judging everyone from Nigeria”.

Nigerian nationals have been linked to five major kidnapping cases in the country since August last year.

Mr Samuel-Udoetuk Willis, a Nigerian who is currently in police custody, is the main suspect in the kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi in the Western Region. A second Nigerian suspect, John Oji sis also on trial for the same crime.

Three Nigerians and five Ghanaians were also involved in the kidnapping of two Canadians who were rescued last week in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

Three Nigerians are also on the run in connection with the kidnapping of a Lebanese diplomat Nabil Makram Basbous, the Consular General and Head of Mission of Estonia to Ghana at Labone in April this year.

Some Nigerians were also arrested at Kasoa in the central region in connection with the kidnapping and killing of a two-year-old Ghanaian boy in that area also in April.

Additionally, some Nigerian nationals are suspected to be behind the kidnapping of an Indian businessman in Kumasi in April this year.

Just on Sunday, 16 June 2019, another Nigerian suspect was arrested at Mamobi in Accra for trying to kidnap a four-year-old Ghanaian boy.

Some Ghanaians on various social media platforms have expressed anger at the current trend of kidnappings involving Nigerian suspects.

But the Fighters insist that “the penchant to label crime this way is the root of the heinous Afrophobic attacks that have claimed the lives of many Africans in South Africa”.

Below is the full statement

STOP CRIMINALISING NIGERIANS AND OTHER AFRICAN NATIONALS

We have observed with dismay the continuous criminalisation of our fellow Africans from Nigeria and other countries. This has come about as a result of some Nigerian nationals suspected to be involved in criminal activities. But this does not in any way make all Nigerians criminals. If some are found breaking the law, they must be dealt with through the due process of the law, rather than used as the yardstick for judging everyone from Nigeria.

The penchant to label crime this way is the root of the heinous Afrophobic attacks that have claimed the lives of many Africans in South Africa. In our press release of 21st April 2019, we had cause to condemn these attacks and call for measures against South Africa if nothing was done to curb them. In the same light, we condemn attempts by the police and media to reduce the crimes of robbery, kidnapping and others to the presence of Nigerians in Ghana.

It is important to reiterate our position that no African should be seen as a foreigner in Ghana or anywhere in Africa for that matter. For we are all first Africans before being Ghanaians or Nigerians. It is the preservation of colonially-imposed borders without regard to our larger Africanness that has caused the division and rancour in our midst. We must emancipate ourselves from this and unite our forces for prosperity.

This nation was founded on the ideals of the African personality and Pan-African solidarity. We must not betray this foundation.

Revolutionary regards Hardi Yakubu Fighter-General 17th June, 2019

The Nigerian High Commission in Ghana is upset with the nature of reportage of crimes involving Nigerians which it says exhibits some form of xenophobia.

The High Commission in a statement said “xenophobic tendencies” had the potential to mar Ghana-Nigeria relations.

In the statement, Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Micheal Olufemi Abikoye, references reports involving Nigerians and criminal activity; including the recent kidnapping of two Canadians in Kumasi.
The involvement of Nigerians in high profile crimes in recent times is viewed as causing some resentment for Nigerians in Ghana.

“The Ghanaian Press, both print and electronic as well as social media seems to have enjoyed a field day in demonising Nigeria which for all intent and purposes, is seen as a fraternal brother to Ghana,” the statement notes.

The High Commission maintains that this line of reportage “has caused untold pains, agony as well as apprehension” to Nigerians in Ghana.

This has compelled it to “appeal to local traditional media and social media to be highly circumspect in such reportage.”

“The ongoing media trial of criminals which was now being turned into a media trial of Nigeria as a country, calls for moderation on the part of media practitioners in Ghana.”

An Association of Nigerians in Ghana also criticized the consistent singling out of Nigerians in criminal activities.

The association said the behaviour of the few Nigerians did not call for stereotyping of all Nigerian nationals.

Ogbonna Keyse, spokesperson for Nigerians in Diaspora said on Eyewitness News: “We are sad and worried because we know that the majority of us are not like that. Nigerians are not criminals. Nigerians are not kidnappers. Nigerians are not murderers. Nigerians are good people, hardworking people.”

Maybe it is time to leave!.

@lalastical

If nigeruans think they are being targeted as criminals in Ghana, then why can’t they leave and go to another country? They can go to neighboring countries, Cameroon, Benin and Niger. How can any sane being infer Nigerians being selectively maligned in Ghana when there is abundant evidence to prove the involvement of Nigerians in crime in Ghana. Ghanaians can no longer accuse Nigerians of being involved in criminality because they are nigerians? What kind of stvpid logic is that? Well, you better come up a better way to address this issue because with the way things are going, nigerians in Ghana will soon find Ghana very very hot for them. You want to bet? Fuckeduppedness

Ghana should keep enjoying this their small moment.

Very soon this hardship regime would end, and Nigeria would become more habitable

If you think it's not going to continue, then you are a simpleton.... Nigerians will continue to be termed bad, and criminalised until the government decides to step up her game and make the country a better place to live.... If not for the stupid tribalism and religious nepotism, and favouritism bedeviling this Nigeria, which black African country can talk where Nigeria talks without official and due invitation Not even South Africa, cos Nigeria used to be like a big brother to them... Our leaders are to blame... And the youths including all of us in NL are fööls.... Ain't we supposed to get up and stage a revolution to take back Nigeria and take it to the highest height she's supposed to be,..... Now, the name Nigeria is nothing but a sacrilege to mention even in the least African country!!! It's a shame!!!!! Cos as far as we keep running to the people that are supposed to run to us for food, comfortable life, and security, we will never escape the backlash.... It will even get worse... Trust me on this... You'll get more news before the end of this 2019, and it will even spread to other African countries.... We've lost it, until we decide to find and take it back... Our prestige and respect as the one time most powerful black nation in the world is lost.... I believe what's lost can still be found if we are determined... But I sadly don't see Nigeria determining to find it back!!!

Ghanians will always be 'small' cos of their local mindset.

You must be a comedian, huh?

mrNEMZY:
Ghana should keep enjoying this their small moment.

Very soon this hardship regime would end, and Nigeria would become more habitable

Stop talking nonsense. Between Nigerians and Ghanaians, who have “small mindset?” Arrant crap!

distributeinc:
Ghanians will always be 'small' cos of their local mindset.

PetroDollax:
Stop talking nonsense. Between Nigerians and Ghanaians, who have “small mindset?” Arrant crap!

Chill bro

Like it or not, Nigeria, Nigerians Lead in Africa.

Crime or Not, we are still breaking positive record worldwide.

No country is FREE from crime. Even Americans!

LMFAO . Our brothers from Lagos are now labelling Ghana as an " Afrophobic " country ? .
Anyone who doesn't want the swines in their space must get a label ; racist , xenophobic, Afrophobic, naijaphobic , lazy, jealous .

Ghanaians must be suffering from post -apartheid trauma . , how dare they not like these great African ambassadors .

"Ordinary Ghana of yesterday "

Ghana? ordinary Ghana?

remove industrious Nigerians who are developing that country and you get something worse than Sudan

AlomoReloaded:
If you think it's not going to continue, then you are a simpleton.... Nigerians will continue to be termed bad, and criminalised until the government decides to step up her game and make the country a better place to live.... If not for the stupid tribalism and religious nepotism, and favouritism bedeviling this Nigeria, which black African country can talk where Nigeria talks without official and due invitation Not even South Africa, cos Nigeria used to be like a big brother to them... Our leaders are to blame... And the youths including all of us in NL are fööls.... Ain't we supposed to get up and stage a revolution to take back Nigeria and take it to the highest height she's supposed to be,..... Now, the name Nigeria is nothing but a sacrilege to mention even in the least African country!!! It's a shame!!!!! Cos as far as we keep running to the people that are supposed to run to us for food, comfortable life, and security, we will never escape the backlash.... It will even get worse... Trust me on this... You'll get more news before the end of this 2019, and it will even spread to other African countries.... We've lost it, until we decide to find and take it back... Our prestige and respect as the one time most powerful black nation in the world is lost.... I believe what's lost can still be found if we are determined... But I sadly don't see Nigeria determining to find it back!!!

By being "big brother" I believe you mean when you playing peace-keeping missions,of which you never did for SA,so how were you our "big brother"?

Lionessza6:
LMFAO . Our brothers from Lagos are now labelling Ghana as an " Afrophobic " country ? .
Anyone who doesn't want the swines in their space must get a label ; racist , xenophobic, Afrophobic, naijaphobic , lazy, jealous .

Ghanaians must be suffering from post -apartheid trauma . , how dare they not like these great African ambassadors .

"Ordinary Ghana of yesterday "

seriously,Nigerians are having a very dark period in Ghana of late and most Ghanaians have had enough.There's a huge #NigeriaMustGo protest both online and offline.Just this morning,over 100 Nigerian shops have been forcefully closed and locked and their Nigerian owners chased out of town in a city called Kumasi in Ghana.They were told to go back to their country.And do you know there are over 3-4 million Nigerians in Ghana.Ghanaians have had enough and although I don't share the sentiments that not all Nigerians are bad,80% of crimes in Ghana involve or are lead by Nigerians.Please pray for Nigerians in Ghana because what my people are planning against them will be ugly.And about the Xenophobia claims by their High Commissioner(ambassador),our foreign affairs committee of our Parliament in Ghana has called him to come and explain what he means and be careful with his words.

JaceBlaze:
Ghana? ordinary Ghana?

remove industrious Nigerians who are developing that country and you get something worse than Sudan

really Ghanaians will be so happy if you remove business out Ghana lol. you don't know sh!t lol

hahahahaha nigeria leads in what? you are very funny, I swear

moonbender:


Chill bro

Like it or not, Nigeria, Nigerians Lead in Africa.

Crime or Not, we are still breaking positive record worldwide.

No country is FREE from crime. Even Americans!

did you say "industrious nigerians?" i can't stop laughing. these nigerians are something else. I wonder how they get so indoctrinated with the crap they keep spewing on nairaland

JaceBlaze:
Ghana? ordinary Ghana?

remove industrious Nigerians who are developing that country and you get something worse than Sudan

PetroDollax:
hahahahaha nigeria leads in what? you are very funny, I swear

As much as some bad eggs who are Nigerians are given us bad names outside, so we have so so much making us proud worldwide.

Believe it or not bro.

And tell me anything Ghanaians have achieved worldwide. Just reply with links to where I can read about those achievements.

Chris, don't you think they deserve whatever will come their way. i just want the Ghanaian government to start making plans to evacuate Ghanaians from that sh1thole. i know how wicked and senseless these people are. But I know they will think twice because we have five million of their people here in Ghana. if they start attacking Ghanaians in nigeria, their own people in Ghana will be fair target. fuckeduppedness

chrisagyei:
seriously,Nigerians are having a very dark period in Ghana of late and most Ghanaians have had enough.There's a huge #NigeriaMustGo protest both online and offline.Just this morning,over 100 Nigerian shops have been forcefully closed and locked and their Nigerian owners chased out of town in a city called Kumasi in Ghana.They were told to go back to their country.And do you know there are over 3-4 million Nigerians in Ghana.Ghanaians have had enough and although I don't share the sentiments that not all Nigerians are bad,80% of crimes in Ghana involve or are lead by Nigerians.Please pray for Nigerians in Ghana because what my people are planning against them will be ugly.And about the Xenophobia claims by their High Commissioner(ambassador),our foreign affairs committee of our Parliament in Ghana has called him to come and explain what he means and be careful with his words.

you are funny. i don't have time for you,huh?

moonbender:


As much as some bad eggs who are Nigerians are given us bad names outside, so we have so so much making us proud worldwide.

Believe it or not bro.

And tell me anything Ghanaians have achieved worldwide. Just reply with links to where I can read about those achievements.

chai, "ordinary Ghana of yesterday" i love your post, jooor

Lionessza6:
LMFAO . Our brothers from Lagos are now labelling Ghana as an " Afrophobic " country ? .
Anyone who doesn't want the swines in their space must get a label ; racist , xenophobic, Afrophobic, naijaphobic , lazy, jealous .

Ghanaians must be suffering from post -apartheid trauma . , how dare they not like these great African ambassadors .

"Ordinary Ghana of yesterday "

PetroDollax:
you are funny. i don't have time for you,huh?

Obviously, you are empty. Nothing to talk about your country, nothing good.

Fact is, when the Leader speaks, the subjects have no time to respond. They just follow orders, huh?

I have nothing good to say about my country. You are very stvpid,huh? At least my country is not the poverty capital of the world,huh? At least I can enjoy regular electricity. Life expectancy is at least 65. What is life expectancy in that zoo country? People are even kidnapped in your smelling foolish country for a ransom of coke n gala I should continue? You Dey craze. Your illiterate President is still searching for his primary school certificate kwasia

moonbender:


Obviously, you are empty. Nothing to talk about your country, nothing good.

Fact is, when the Leader speaks, the subjects have no time to respond. They just follow orders, huh?

PetroDollax:
Chris, don't you think they deserve whatever will come their way. i just want the Ghanaian government to start making plans to evacuate Ghanaians from that sh1thole. i know how wicked and senseless these people are. But I know they will think twice because we have five million of their people here in Ghana. if they start attacking Ghanaians in nigeria, their own people in Ghana will be fair target. fuckeduppedness

I will say they deserve it 100%.They have insulted and disrespected us for long.Karma is coming back at them although I don't agree that all the millions of Nigerians in Ghana are bad,majority of them are and all criminals caught should be dealt with.They can never lay a hand on the few thousands of Ghanaians who are left in Nigeria because as I said,about 3-4 million Nigerians are already in Ghana.And somehow I support #nigeriamustgo buh mostly the bad ones.We are not xenophobic buh want the best for Mother Ghana.

chrisagyei:
I will say they deserve it 100%.They have insulted and disrespected us for long.Karma is coming back at them although I don't agree that all the millions of Nigerians in Ghana are bad,majority of them are and all criminals caught should be dealt with.They can never lay a hand on the few thousands of Ghanaians who are left in Nigeria because as I said,about 3-4 million Nigerians are already in Ghana.And somehow I support #nigeriamustgo buh mostly the bad ones.We are not xenophobic buh want the best for Mother Ghana.

You know how your presidents come to beg...you need Nigeria money in Ghana, Dangote alone can buy the whole of the businesses in Ghana...with time, I see Ghanians coming back to drive us around, be our gardeners, and tailors, just like it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

distributeinc:

You know how your presidents come to beg...you need Nigeria money in Ghana, Dangote alone can buy the whole of the businesses in Ghana...with time, I see Ghanians coming back to drive us around, be our gardeners, and tailors, just like it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

Dangote cant even afford a plot of land in Accra

another nigerian goat. how much is your national budget for a zoo country of 205 million? where will buhari find money to give to anybody when your entire budget is $24 billion? out of that $24, tinubu will remove his own, babaginda will remove his own, danjuma will remove his own. how much of that $24 billion will remain for fools like you?

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distributeinc:

You know how your presidents come to beg...you need Nigeria money in Ghana, Dangote alone can buy the whole of the businesses in Ghana...with time, I see Ghanians coming back to drive us around, be our gardeners, and tailors, just like it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

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upon all your dangote nonsense, shitnigeria is the poverty capital of the world dangote cannot bail you fools out of poverty?

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distributeinc:

You know how your presidents come to beg...you need Nigeria money in Ghana, Dangote alone can buy the whole of the businesses in Ghana...with time, I see Ghanians coming back to drive us around, be our gardeners, and tailors, just like it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

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PetroDollax:
chai, "ordinary Ghana of yesterday" i love your post, jooor

PetroDollax:
I have nothing good to say about my country. You are very stvpid,huh? At least my country is not the poverty capital of the world,huh? At least I can enjoy regular electricity. Life expectancy is at least 65. What is life expectancy in that zoo country? People are even kidnapped in your smelling foolish country for a ransom of coke n gala I should continue? You Dey craze. Your illiterate President is still searching for his primary school certificate kwasia

Leaders do not throw insults back to the subjects.

If you check my previous mention, I stated that ad much as there are some bad eggs giving the country bad names, we still have so so many making us proud. And I'll urge you again to reply with a link to prove that Ghanaians are making Ghana proud worldwide.

And, if your country is clean from kidnapping, and other sort of troubles countries in the world experience daily, then you are free to criticize. But if your country have recorded some crimes within the last 1 year and you are here spewing insults, then you should go back to sleep and have rethink.

Ill still maintain that Nigeria is far far better than Ghana. Take it or leave it.

The whole of Ghana is just about 2 states out of the over 30 we have in Nigeria.

The fact that no Ghanaian is productive and equipped enough is the reason you and your fellow country men and women are finding solace in Nairaland for news update.

There should be Ghanaland, but that isnt possible because none of your brothers in Ghana is well equipped and experienced on ICT.

Our President is an illiterate, but he is well known accross borders. Does your Professor President represent Africa in any conference? Is he recognized in Africa and the world? What role has he played in international politics as the President of Ghana?

And as for tagging Nigeria the poverty capital pf the world, kindly provide evidence to that claim, bearing in mind that Nigeria have billionaires who can comfortably purchase Ghana anf turn it to a stadium. Mention a Billionaire in Ghana.


Again, Nigeria, Nigerians Lead!

Just30:
Dangote cant even afford a plot of land in Accra

Dangote is even too much to purchase Ghana.

Just one silent millionaire will acquire Ghana and turn it to a stadium.

moonbender:


Dangote is even too much to purchase Ghana.

Just one silent millionaire will acquire Ghana and turn it to a stadium.

if Dangote cant Afford a Plot of land in Ghana

will your snakes afford a square feet?

Just30:
if Dangote cant Afford a Plot of land in Ghana

will your snakes afford a square feet?

Name one millionaire in Ghana.

Name one entrepreneur from Ghana.