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Border Control releases video of 2-year-old Ghanaian girl dropped over 18-foot US-Mexico border wall

Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 6:35 PM by Nii Ayi Ayitey

- A video of a baby girl being dropped down the US border has emerged

- This video was captured by the US Border Control

- Government of Ghana is yet to comment on the development

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Authorities at the United States Border Control have dropped a video confirming a two-year-old child being dropped over the 18-foot U S-Mexico border wall.

According to Border Control, this act was done by an unknown smuggling cartel. The nationality of the girl yet to be confirmed but Asaase Radio reports she is Ghanaian.

Border Control release video of 2-year-old Ghanaian girl dropped over 18-foot US-Mexico border wall (Stock Photo)
Source: Twitter

In a disturbing surveillance video released by border officials, the child’s father who was at the other end of the border was seen catching her after being dropped over by the paid smugglers.

Many migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border are extremely over capacity, as the United States has seen a surge in migrants seeking asylum after President Biden reversed many of former President Trump’s immigration policies that border patrol agents say were successful.

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Meanwhile, officials from Ghana government are yet to confirm this development as investigations begin.

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A former vice chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dan Abodapki, is concerned about what he fears to be the imminent collapse of the party.

According to him, the main reason the party lost the 2020 elections is because leaders left behind the welfare of the grassroots. He believes the party has veered from the basic principles of which the NDC was founded.

“It is unfortunate that even though we are the originators of that idea (formation of Unit Committees) our party today is not firmly rooted at the unit or branch level. We have become a huge elephant, not the NPP elephant. A huge elephant standing on clay feet,” he warned.

In a related development, founding member of the NDC, Goosie Tanoh says Ghana is in crisis as a result of insecurity, extreme poverty and other social challenges.

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Speaking on the theme, "Securing NDCs Future", at a programme organized by some NDC affiliated groups, he stated Ghana needs a party that can provide solutions to the challenges, this he says the NDC can do with a united front.

“I believe the NDC can deal with the issues in the country. I believe the NDC has the power to become the dominant force in the time to come. We must deal with the ills of the country,” he stated.

So far, it is expected that John Mahama will lead the party in the 2024 general elections.

The Communications officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi, revealed in an interview with the media that John Mahama is still the best pick for the party in the 2024 elections.

But there are internal wrangling within the party as the Former Deputy General Secretary of the main opposition NDC has alleged that the former president, John Dramani Mahama, hated John Evans Atta Mills.