Nigerian nationwide arrested for suspected human trafficking in Ghana

The Savannah Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has arrested a Nigerian nationwide suspected of human trafficking.

The suspect recognized as Prince James, was arrested in Kloth, a neighborhood close to Damongo within the Savannah Region.

The Savannah Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service, L. A. Agyapong, who confirmed the arrest to journalists on Thursday, October 22, 2026, alleged that the suspect was a part of a trafficking syndicate working throughout Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana.

According to him, the suspect allegedly trafficked ladies and despatched them to distant communities within the Savannah Region the place unlawful small-scale mining, referred to as galamsey, is ongoing, to have interaction in prostitution.

He mentioned the suspect had lured a sufferer (title withheld) to a neighborhood close to Damongo.

“We were able to track the suspect to his hideout and arrest him. We have taken his statement, and he will be transferred to our headquarters for further investigations,” Mr. Agyapong mentioned.

He was optimistic that the arrest may assist authorities determine and apprehend the suspect’s alleged accomplices.

“We hope that the arrest of the suspect, who allegedly teamed up with others to lure ladies into Ghana, notably the Savannah Region towards their will, will assist us observe down his accomplices and function a deterrent to others,” he mentioned.

The sufferer (title withheld), a nurse from Nigeria, informed journalists that the suspect had promised to assist her safe a well-paid nursing job in Ghana.

“He told me he had someone in Ghana who could get me a well-paid nursing job. When I arrived, I realised it wasn’t a hospital job I had been promised, but prostitution,” she mentioned.

She alleged that a number of different ladies had been trafficked to the Savannah Region and brought to a location close to Damongo for prostitution.

“Most of the women there smoke and have interaction in sexual actions with males. That was once I realised this wasn’t the work I had been promised,” she disclosed.

“I was pressured to accompany a client to his home for the night,” she mentioned.

According to the sufferer, she escaped round 4 a.m. and bumped into the bush, the place a farmer later discovered her and took her to the police.

“When I adopted the shopper to his dwelling, I escaped into the bush round 4 a.m., I met a farmer, who rescued me and took me to the police to report the incident,” she mentioned.