51 nationals from Togo, Benin arrested at Asikuma inland checkpoint LISTEN 1 Officers of the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Wednesday intercepted a bus with illegal immigrants from Benin and Togo at the Asikuma Inland Checkpoint in the Volta Region. The 51 ECOWAS nationals, included 49 Beninese and two Togolese, who were travelling on board a Hyundai vehicle with registration number AW 9955-19. Deputy Superintendent of Immigration, Philip Essuman, Commander of the checkpoint, in a release said the suspects were arrested after scrutiny during a routine stop and search at the checkpoint. He said they were suspected to have gained entry into the country illegally from neighbouring Togo, using unapproved routes.