Mybrytfmonline.com has established the identity of the seventeen(17) Nigerians and a Ghanaian arrested by a joint team led by Operation motherland taskforce supported by the lower Manya Municipal Immigration command and Police at Akuse in the Eastern region.
The suspects made up of both males and females were onboard a VW Craftwer bus with registration number GR 5314-21 from Aflao to Madina in Accra.
They were arrested upon intelligence that they have entered the country illegally.
The bus was being driven by a Ghanaian driver and his mate Mawuli Katasi, 32, and Kofi Nyavedzi, 35 respectfully.
The name of the suspects arrested is Faith Stephen, 27, Jennifer Mesarawon,29, Joseph Ekene, 30, Joseph Shola, 27, Isreal Masarawon, 30, David Pepple, 35, Chamaka Ndunuisi,20 and Chimezia Nwokebi,30.
The rest are Idoeho Kelly, 30, Godsima Akpeghughu, 21, Chiama Udubusi, 21, Joy Uvo, 25, Ojo Lucky 23, Ajuwa Friday, 25, Atabe Clement, 52, Wisdom Mama, 54, Dappa Godsgift, 36, and Kwablah Fodo, 27 (who claimed to be Ghanaian).
The suspects have been taken to the Operation Motherland taskforce office in Ho the Volta Regional capital.
Ghana is on high alert on its borders following the jailbreak incident in Nigeria.
More than 1,800 inmates of a prison in southern Nigeria had recently escaped after heavily armed men attacked the prison facility
Nine of the jail breakers who attempted to illegally enter Ghana were arrested last week.
The Comptroller General of Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Kwame Asuah Takyi had earlier sent wireless messages to immigration officers on Ghanaian borders to be vigilante and intensify security as the recent Nigerian jail breakers could head to Ghana to hide.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/ Obed Ansah
