The government of Ghana has promised to bear the cost of construction of the staff quarters of the Nigerian High Commission which was demolished last week Friday.

The demolition led to a wild condemnation from the Nigerian minister of Foreign Affairs who was supported by his fellow citizens calling for retaliation.

An investigative committee was immediately set up by the Foreign Affairs whose findings led to the arrest of two persons who have since been charged by the police for vandalism.

Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo also placed a call to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari to have the unfortunate incident solved diplomatically.

The committee through its submission revealed that the contentious land actually belongs to the Nigerian High Commission. It also found put that the High Commission of Nigeria actually has receipts of payment of the land but failed to acquire a land title certificate.

The High Commission of Nigeria further presented receipts of payment of the said land made by bankers draft…however land title certificate had not been issued to the High Commission,” Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway said.

The committee adds that the Nigerian High Commission failed to provide relevant documents on ownership of the land which contributed to the unfortunate development.

“The Lands Commission advised the High Commission of Nigeria to provide relevant document on ownership of the land but the former did not respond to the letter. Based on the silence of the High Commission of Nigeria, the Lands Commission went ahead to issue a Land title certificate covering the said parcel of land to a 3rd party”

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The president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has rendered an unqualified apology to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari over the demolition of a property belonging to the Nigerian High Commission.

A press release by the official spokesperson to the Nigerian president, Shehu Garba explained that the Ghanaian leader made a phone call to Buhari in order to calm diplomatic tensions between the two west African neighbours.

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President Akufo-Addo also promised to launch a full investigation into the circumstances that led to the breaching of the security perimeter of the High Commission and subsequent demolition of an ongoing building project that was to house its staff.

It has also emerged that some people believed to have masterminded the demolition are in police custody helping investigators to unravel the whole unfortunate incident.

The president’s call is very timely to forestall any diplomatic fallout between the two countries as some Nigerians have also vowed to retaliate against Ghanaian interests in their country.

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The Nigerian community in Ghana has criticized their host government of creating tension between the Nigeria and Ghana, something which is described as having the tendency to disrupt the diplomatic ties between the two countries.

The two Anglophone countries have been enjoying almost four decades of close uninterrupted collaboration and mutual respect after their relationship was bruised on two major occasions.

Former Ghana’s leader, Kofi Abrefa Busia in 1971 sacked most Nigerians from the country after accusing them of not abiding by the country’s immigration laws.

Nigeria retaliated twelve years later when the Shehu Shagari government also deported Ghanaians who had sought economic refuge there.

A joint commission was set up in 1988 to foster good partnership between both countries. Since then there has been no issue of a diplomatic spat existing between them.

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The Foreign Affairs minister of Nigeria, Geoffrey Onyeama, has reacted angrily to the demolition of his country’s high commission property in Ghana’s capital, Accra.

An unknown businessman claimed ownership of the land that the high commission was erecting a building on for the accommodation of its staff. He threatened to demolish it and assumed ownership of the land.

The Nigerian high commission relayed the information to the Ghanaian government but nothing was done about it.

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The businessman carried his threat last Friday, 19th June 2020, when he sent a bulldozer to the building and demolished it.

Many Nigerians have also condemned the demolition with Some threatening to retaliate by also attacking Ghanaian interests in the country.

Meanwhile, Ghana’s ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the matter. The sector minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has promised to conduct an expedite investigation to bring the perpetrators to book.

It also added that security has been strengthened at the affected facility to wade off further damage as the ministry works hard to forestall any diplomatic fallout between the west African neighbouring countries.

The two Anglophone countries have been enjoying close to four decades of close collaboration and mutual respect after their relationship was bruised on two occasions.

Former Ghana’s leader, Kofi Abrefa Busia in 1971 sacked most Nigerians from the country after accusing them of not abiding by the country’s immigration laws.

Nigeria retaliated twelve years later when the Shehu Shagari government also deported Ghanaians who had sought economic refuge there.

A joint commission was set up in 1988 to foster good partnership between both countries. Since then there has been no issue of a diplomatic spat existing between them.

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Popular gospel musician, Ruth Matete is in court to force the Nigerian High Commission in the country to pay for her deceased husband’s mortuary bills.

The corpse of her husband, John Apewajoye, a Nigerian national, has been lying at Kenyatta National Hospital’s mortuary since early April.

Its release was blocked by the Nigerian High Commission blocked as it was bent on conducting its own investigation into the death of its citizen.

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John Apewajoye, 42, passed on in April 11 at a hospital in Kenya where he was admitted for burns he suffered while fixing a gas cylinder at the couple’s home.

The gospel musician who is three months pregnant, told police investigators that her late husband had taken a gas cylinder out of the kitchen to check up for a leakage.

She added that he lit a match to check if it works. The fire ignited a huge blast and her husband was engulfed in flames in no time.

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Her husband rushed into the house to call for a help. Ruth Matete further stated that she used a blanket to cover him in an attempt to douse the fire.

Neighbours came to her aid after hearing her screams and the injured man was taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention.

An autopsy on her deceased husband pointed to multiple organ failures exacerbated by the burn injuries he sustained in the fire accident.

Attempts to have her husband buried in Kenya with his family’s consent was blocked by the Nigerian High Commission in the country who suspected foul play.

Ruth Matete thus initiated a legal suit to compel the high commission to release her husband’s corpse for her to bury him in the east African country.

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