By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue
During an official visit to Ukraine, Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, met with two Ghanaian citizens who had been fighting alongside Russian forces and were captured by Ukrainian troops, Ukrinform reported on Thursday.
Ablakwa shared the development on the social media platform X, describing the visit as “a rare access to the highly fortified security camp where prisoners of war are being detained in Ukraine”. He expressed gratitude to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha for facilitating the visit.
The Ghanaian diplomat confirmed that the prisoners are “alive and well,” noting that their rights under international law “have been commendably respected by Ukrainian authorities”.
According to Ablakwa, the captured citizens whose identities were not disclosed, expressed a commitment to “become advocates against the modus operandi of trafficking networks and willing to devote the rest of their lives educating vulnerable Africans how to avoid such predicaments”.
