At least eleven men suspected to be Ghanaians have been shot dead in a savage attack by unknown gun men on the Benin-Togo border near Mongo in Northern Togo, 26kms from border with Ghana.
The deceased were believed to be victims of “Modern Day slavery” from Saboba and Chereponi in Northern Ghana and were returning home after a year long toiling in farm fields of wealthy commercial farmers in Nigeria.
A former assemblyman for Wanjuga in the Northern region, Kofi Kwadwo Daniel who visited the hospital where the victims were sent to in Togo, told Adom News that they found Ghanaian Passports and voter ID cards on the bodies,
He added that the bodies have been deposited at Kara hospital morgue in Togo.
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There is a common practice in the two poverty-stricken districts where parents of teenagers are often tricked to enter a year agreement with some rich individuals from Nigeria, according to a resident of Saboba.
The parents are promised good jobs and improved living conditions for their wards before the teenagers are handed over to their new masters after an initial amount is paid.
The Togo Police, according to reports, are therefore asking Ghanaian residents living around Chereponi, Bunkprugu and Saboba to come to Kara to identify the bodies.
The development comes on the back of the swearing in of a new Ghanaian President, a ceremony which was attended by the Togolese leader, Faure Gnassingbé on Saturday, January 7.