I was maltreated by some Immigration Officers in Germany – Sarkodie recounts sad moments

Celebrated Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has recounted the moment  he was not treated fairly while on a trip to Germany.  He explained that the Immigration Officer did not allow him to visit Germany with an Italian visa even though it wasn’t illegal but because he was an African.

In an interview with Vlad TV monitored by Ghanashowbiz.com he said, “there was a situation where I was going to visit my family in Germany and at the immigration, an officer pulled me aside for holding an Italian officer,” I didn’t know it was a crime because it was a Schengen Visa and I could go to anywhere in Europe. He pulled me aside and questioned me about why am I using an Italian visa to enter Germany, and I asked if that was wrong. He said ‘no’ but wants to understand why, and I said ‘just because I wanna come to Germany”.

Sarkodie said the officer assumed Africans were poor.

“And he said straight to my face that ‘I know Africans are poor, so how are you going to take care of yourself while you are here?”.