US-Africa deportations: Sent to Ghana and then transferred - the Nigerian stranded in Togo

US deportee says Ghanaian officers secretly moved him and others to Togo and left them there without documents.

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The man said they were informed they would be moved from a military camp to better accommodation, but were then "dumped" in Togo. The BBC has approached Ghana's government for comment.

The US government deported the Nigerian man - along with other West African nationals - as part of its crackdown on immigration.

Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa previously said the government had accepted the deportees in the spirit of "pan-African empathy".

The Nigerian, who has requested anonymity for safety reasons, alleged that Ghanaian officers took him and the five other deportees into Togo through a back route. He further claimed that this was done after bribing local police, and without informing Togolese authorities of their entry.