Eleven Ghanaians have
been reportedly killed in Togo by unknown assailant but Police sources in Togo
say Ghanaian passports and voters’ ID cards were found on the bodies.
The victims, who were
beheaded and shot, are believed to be Bimoabas living around Bunkprugu and
Chereponi in the Northern region.
They were believed to
be victims of “modern Day slavery” from Northern Ghana and were returning home
after a yearlong toiling in farm fields of wealthy commercial farmers in
Nigeria.
There is a common
practice in the two poverty-stricken districts where parents of teenagers are
often tricked to enter a year agreement with some rich individuals from
Nigeria, according to a resident of Saboba, Yaw ‘Operator’.
The parents are
promised good jobs and improved living condition for their wards before the
teenagers are handed over to their new masters after an initial amount is paid,
Starr News gathered.
A former assemblyman
for Wanjuga in the Northern region Kofi Kwadwo Daniel who visited the hospital
where the victims were sent to in Togo, disclosed that the bodies have been
deposited at a morgue in Kara, a town in Togo.
The District Chief
Executive (DCE) for Chereponi Hajia Mary Naboku has confirmed the incident.
The Togo Police,
according to reports, are therefore asking Ghanaian residents living around
Chereponi, Bunkprugu and Saboba to come to Kara to see if their relatives were
involved.
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