The stowaway suspects
The Ghana
Immigration Service (GIS) in Tema has arrested
some seven suspects – including two teenagers – who attempted
to stow away to Europe.
The suspects – two Ghanaians and five Nigerians
– were arrested in separate voyages, where they were hiding. It brings to nine
the number of cases investigated by the GIS in the first half of this year.
The seven
are currently in the grasp of the Tema Regional Ports and Railways Police
Headquarters assisting in investigations.
The Tema
Regional Commander of the GIS, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACI), Ms.
Belinda Adwoa Sika Anim, said the
teenagers, who hail from Takoradi and Cape Coast in the
Western and Central regions respectively, were intercepted aboard MSC Dymphia,
a vessel from San-Pedro in Cote d’Ivoire to Antwerp in Belgium.
According to
her, the teens were found midway to their journey when hiding in the engine
compartment of the vessel during a routine inspection by the crew.
She revealed
that the boys – 15 and 16 years of age – did not carry any travel documents. She
said when the vessel landed in Antwerp, they were handed over to another bound
for the Tema Port.
The Regional
Commander said further checks showed that the pair boarded the vessel in
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
She said the
five Nigerians were arrested when they attempted to stow away from Tin Can
Island Port in Nigeria to Europe on board two vessels, namely MV Zim Rio and
CMA CGM Lapis.
However, the
vessels docked at Tema Port and they were arrested. They were identified as
Henry Okechuku, Jimmy Omorode, Nino Brown, Joseph Obasi and Hope Ekele.
The GIS is collaborating with the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana for the repatriation of the five Nigerians.
From Vincent Kubi, Tema
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