The Berekum Circuit Court has remanded 10 Togolese nationals for entering Ghana illegally. His Honour Osei Kofi Amoako, who presided over the court, remanded them for 14 days.
The Togolese nationals, eight males and two females, are to be isolated and tested for Covid-19 before they reappear before the court on May 14, 2020.
According to the Prosecutor, Chief Kwakye Brobbey, the suspects were from Jake in Cote d’Ivoire, passed through Sampa in the Bono Region to Tatale in the Northern Region, and were to continue their journey to Togo.
They were arrested by Ghana Immigration Service personnel at Sampa on 27th April, 2020, but managed to escape and were rearrested at Wenchi
In a related development, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jaman South Constituency and Minister of Aviation, Mr. Yaw Aful, has urged the Jaman South Municipal Security Council to, as a matter of urgency, form a taskforce to augment the fight against Covid-19 with the Immigration Service and the Customs Division on the borders to monitor unapproved routes to the Municipality.
The MP admonished the people of Jaman South, especially those close to the border, not to allow or aid anyone to enter Ghana in the name of cashew trading from Ivory Coast.
He further encouraged the constituents to adhere to all the directives laid down by the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service in the fight against Coronavirus, in order to curb the spread of the disease.personnel in the area to intensify their operations to combat the illegal entry into Ghana by foreign nationals.
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