{"id":6100,"date":"2020-01-04T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=6100"},"modified":"2020-01-04T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:44:00","slug":"fresh-diplomatic-row-ghana-forcefully-evicts-nigeria-high-commission-from-property-in-accra-we-need-nigerian-govt-help-we-received-an-instruction-for-our-high-commission-to-vacate-its-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/fresh-diplomatic-row-ghana-forcefully-evicts-nigeria-high-commission-from-property-in-accra-we-need-nigerian-govt-help-we-received-an-instruction-for-our-high-commission-to-vacate-its-diplomat\/","title":{"rendered":"FRESH DIPLOMATIC ROW! GHANA forcefully evicts Nigeria High Commission from property in Accra…’We need Nigerian Govt help. We received an instruction for our High Commission to vacate its diplomatic property’, lament Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, Michael Olufemi Abikoye * Letter reads that failure to comply within stipulated time will lead to depositing Nigeria Mission\u2019s belongings at the nearest Accra police station * Nigeria property broken into last month and being ransacked with the likelihood of being effectively occupied * \u201cNigerian Government failed to renew the property following expiration thus the property reverted to the state in compliance with Article 258 of Ghana\u2019s 1992 Constitution\u201d-Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Nigerian government reacts: \u201cNigerian High Commission in Accra not evicted, we are trying to renew the lease on the property. The high commission is exploring the possibility of renewing the lease agreement with the host authorities\u201d-Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson, Nigerian Foreign Affairs ministry BY KWEKU KOFI\/SPECIAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT,, reporting from ACCRA, GHANA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FRESH DIPLOMATIC ROW!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GHANA forcefully evicts\nNigeria High Commission from property in Accra…’We\n need Nigerian Govt help. We received an\ninstruction for our High Commission to vacate its diplomatic\nproperty’,\nlament Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, Michael Olufemi Abikoye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Letter reads that failure\nto comply within stipulated time will lead to depositing Nigeria\nMission\u2019s belongings at the nearest Accra police station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Nigeria property broken into last month and\nbeing ransacked with the likelihood of being effectively occupied<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* \u201cNigerian\nGovernment failed to renew the property following expiration thus the\nproperty reverted to the state in compliance with Article 258 of\nGhana\u2019s 1992 Constitution\u201d-Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Nigerian government\nreacts: \u201cNigerian High Commission in Accra not evicted, we are\ntrying to renew the lease on the property. The\nhigh commission is exploring the possibility of renewing the lease\nagreement with the host authorities\u201d-Ferdinand\nNwonye, spokesperson, Nigerian Foreign Affairs ministry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY KWEKU\nKOFI\/SPECIAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT,, reporting from ACCRA, GHANA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA HA\nFORCEFULLY EVICTED NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSION FROM THEIR PROPERTY\nLOCATED AT No.10\nBarnes Road, Accra, Ghana. This is going by a letter sent to Nigerian\nHigh Commissioner office by their solicitors instructing a relocation\nof the property to Amaco Microfinance, even as Nigerian foreign\naffairs ministry has denied the ‘eviction’ news report. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nproperty has been reallocated since 26 August, 2019 by Ghana\u2019s\nMinistry of Lands and Natural Resources with the consent of Ministry\nof Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto a statement by Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, Michael Olufemi\nAbikoye, dated 31st December, 2019, a terse letter dated 27th\nDecember, 2019, was received from Solicitors acting on behalf of\nAmaco Microfinance Company Limited, Accra, \u201cgiving instructions for\nthe High Commission to vacate its diplomatic property at No.10 Barnes\nRoad, Accra. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\nletter further stressed that; failure to comply within stipulated\ntime will lead to depositing the Mission\u2019s belongings at the\nnearest Accra police station.\u201d Giving the latest update on the\nproperty, Abikoye said \u201cas at 31st December, 2019, the property has\nbeen broken into by the company and is being ransacked with the\nlikelihood of being effectively occupied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abikoye\ntherefore, enjoined the Federal Government of Nigeria to convey\nappropriate response to the Ghanaian leadership as regards the\nreallocation and request for vacation of diplomatic property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nHigh Commissioner said the letter came following the continuous\nviolation of the diplomatic property and a formal notification that\nit has been reallocated to the Microfinance. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghana\u2019s\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs claims that Nigerian Government failed to\nrenew the property following expiration thus, \u201cthe property\nreverted to the state in compliance with Article 258 of Ghana\u2019s\n1992 Constitution.\u201d \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However,\nAbikoye expressed surprise that the reallocation was done \u201c without\nrecourse to the High Commission\u201d despite having requested severally\nfor \u201ca mutual resolution of the matter, affirming that Nigerian\nGovernment is examining the situation and that an appropriate\ndirective was being awaited.\u201d \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\na related statement and reacting to this news report, the ministry of\nforeign affairs says the Nigerian high commission in Accra, Ghana has\nnot been evicted.<\/strong>\nFerdinand Nwonye, spokesperson of the ministry, said there is no\n\u201cdiplomatic row between Nigeria and the Republic of Ghana\u201d as\nclaimed by some reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nNwonye\nsaid though the lease of the property on No.10 Barnes Road, Accra,\nGhana, has expired, the high commission is exploring the possibility\nof renewing the lease agreement with the host authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cThe\nattention of the ministry of foreign affairs has been drawn to news\ncirculating in the social media that its property on No. 10 Barnes\nRoad, Accra, Ghana has been \u2018violated\u2019 by the host authorities\nand that there is a diplomatic row between Nigeria and the Republic\nof Ghana. The ministry wishes to state categorically that the news\nreports are untrue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cThe\nministry wishes to clarify that the said property under reference was\nin use by the federal ministry of finance, since 1957, on leasehold\nand was later bequeathed to the ministry of foreign affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cThe\nlease is said to have expired recently and the high commission has\nbeen exploring the possibility of renewing the lease agreement with\nthe host authorities. It should be noted that the building is not\nphysically occupied but the mission has some of its properties within\nthe premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cIt\nshould further be reiterated that the property is not housing either\nthe Residence of the high commissioner or the Chancery or staff\nquarters. However, talks are still on-going between the mission and\nappropriate host authorities. There is, therefore, no imminent\ndiplomatic row with Ghana as being speculated by a section of the\nmedia. We wish to assure all and sundry that the ministry is on top\nof the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n*Further reports from Daily Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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