V/R: Another 51 Illegal Immigrants grabbed at Asikumah Checkpoint LISTEN The ECOWAS nationals were arrested by personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS). The immigrants who include minors were made up of 49 Beninese and two Togolese, comprising 15 females and 36 males. They were intercepted on Wednesday February 3, 2021 at the Asikuma Inland Checkpoint onboard a Hyundai Universe Express with registration number AW-9955-19. The bus was being driven by one Osei Asibery. The arrest comes less than two weeks after some 119 illegal immigrants were intercepted at the Sogakope inland checkpoint in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. The Commander at the Checkpoint, Deputy Superintendent (DSI) Philip Essuman, narrating the incident, said the suspects were intercepted when the vehicle they were traveling with was stopped at the checkpoint and the occupants subjected to a careful scrutiny.