Ghana Must Go: Video from 1983 resurfaces, depicts how Ghanaians were deported from Nigeria.

A flashback video depicting the scenarios under which some Ghanaians were cruelly deported from Nigeria in 1983 as part of the ‘Ghana Must Go’ movement has resurfaced on the internet.

In 1983, the President of Nigeria, Shehu Shagari issued a surprising executive order that required immigrants without proper immigration documents to leave the country or face the full rigours of the law.

Numerous families from Ghana that had settled in Nigeria earlier then, mostly in search of sources of livelihood, were forced to pack their belongings to leave. In the throwback video, a rather inhuman form of the deportation process was brought to bear as many individuals were seen packed together on all kinds of vehicles as they were being transported back home like sardines in a tin.

See the video below:

(Video Source: OMGVoice)
https://web.facebook.com/omgvoice/videos/194611415251833/

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BY: C. A. Asante
Freelance Writer
Ghana