…as Exiled Togo opposition leader returns to acclaim by 20,000
About 7,000 travellers at both sides of the Ghana – Togo were stranded for about five hours on Saturday, following the closure of the Togolese side by border officials from 10 o’clock in the morning to Three o’clock in the afternoon
This followed the entry of the exiled Togolese Opposition Leader, Mr Gilchrist Olympio, from Ghana to Togo.
About 500 supporters and officials of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), which he leads, were also stranded at Aflao while Mr Olympio proceeded to Lome to process his papers to contest Togo’s Presidential Election scheduled for June 1, this year.
Security sources at the border told Ghana News Agency (GNA) that Mr Olympio, exiled from both France and the United Kingdom was allowed to cross from Aflao to Lome after a brief hold up and spent about five hours at the Arrival Hall on the Togolese side of the border.
The Togolese leader returned to Aflao about 5.30 in the evening on his way to Accra.
Source: GhanaWeb
