Open Letter To The Minister Of Foreign Affairs

Hon. Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Airport
Accra
Dear Madam,
Care And Safety Of Our Ghanaian And Other African Nationals In Especially Arab-speaking Countries

We have the honour writing to you as Concerned Citizens of Ghana, who consider the care and safety of Ghanaians especially, and not to any small measure, other black African nationals in foreign countries across the world with utmost paramouncy.

We build the premise of our script to you, based on unfortunate inhuman, humiliating, maltreating, and murderous incidents that befall our immigrant youth, who by reason of home frustration, leave home for abroad, and whether voluntarily or involuntarily end up in Arab-speaking countries, and into apparently inclement and barbaric hands of some hate-inclined Arabs.

We, identity as stated above, have laid our hands on a murderous sordid video, the streaming content of which is too horrible and terrible to watch, let alone to completion, of which a contemplation of the final end scene is certainly funebre.

It is clearly evident from its unfolding circumstances that the young lady victim in the recording was abducted by an Arab youth gang to a venue where she met her fatal or near-fatal treatment, who subsequently, as we believe, killed her.

This young lady, believed to be between 22 and 26 years old is seen blindfolded and tethered like a dog, and made to simulate a walking dog whiles on all fours, and being pulled on the rope by another who parades her around in an unfurnished room.

She is subsequently gang-raped by the youth, numbering about 13, who heartlessly and disdainfully torture her, and piss on her, suggesting that she will most likely be murdered afterwards.

Streaming scenes in the recorded video is our evidence.

There have been numerous other video incidences of wanton gang-rape, murders and executions by conscious Arab youth who do all these with impunity in their country.

For example, there was a video recording of a young black woman, on whose head some youth put a building block, and started hitting the block on the lady's head with clubs, most likely to get her dazed, and finally, possibly slaughtering her.

Many of these heart-rending tape recordings may reach the modern smartphones of people with executive authority, as they have built-in modern technology that spread information, but we realise pathetically that nothing is said or done about these by our African governments.

Many of our boys have suffered unprovoked unlawful executions in Libya, whiles our maidens who seek househelp employment in Kuwait, Saudi, Dubai, Emirates, etc, suffer gang-rape, torture and murder whiles outside their home country.

It is therefore clearly certain that our African authorities are fully aware of all these, however, we realise that the spate of these incidents have to be dealt with through formal complaint, if that is what is required for the necessary action to be taken, therefore we are complaining against the background that Ghana, and almost all African countries are signatories to several international treaties and protocols that seek to protect innocent travellers and immigrants from other countries.

Yes, we acknowledge the fact that our youths could be stubborn, but the fault is squarely on our governments for not being able to facilitate employment opportunities for them, hence their frustration, leading to adventure seeking even in notoriously known foreign countries, albeit unsafe for them to be there.

We therefore pray your esteemed diplomatic office, to use all available outlets, opportunities, and international agencies to find out who these dangerous murderers are, and in which country this incident happened.

We also appeal to your office to officially restrain the activities of employment agencies that lure and export the services of our young maidens to do domestic services in Arab countries, because, enough is enough.

Finally, a red warning stamp that used to warn Ghanaians on international travels not to go to South Africa and the Bantusland during the era of apartheid must be reintroduced, specifically against going to, or visiting Arab countries, particularly, where they pose danger to people of black African extraction.

We hope our appeal will be heeded to without delay, in order to protect and preserve the lives and dignity of Ghanaians who for some reason, may find themselves in any of these despicable countries.

Yours sincerely
Adreba Abrefa Damoa
cc:
The President of Ghana
Thro: the Chief of Staff
The Minister for the Interior
The Gender Minister
The IGP, and Interpol Ghana.
The UNHCR
The media