Apostle Eric Nyamekye, the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, has revealed that he nearly lost his life while living in South Africa.
According to Apostle Eric Nyamekye, he lived in South Africa for about six years and personally experienced some of the security challenges and criminal activities affecting Ghanaians and other African nationals.
Apostle Eric Nyamekye made this known when Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, paid a courtesy call on him at the headquarters of The Church of Pentecost.
The Church of Pentecost Chairman recounted that he was accosted by armed robbers on two occasions, with the second incident posing a serious threat to his life.
Apostle Eric Nyamekye, speaking in a viral video, stated, “I lived in South Africa for about six years, and I suffered a lot from some of these things. I almost died in South Africa. Two times, I was accosted by armed robbers. The last one was too dangerous. When I was leaving South Africa, my luggage was stolen.
“And then recently, I had to rush to South Africa, about a year plus ago, when our national deacon was kidnapped in the midst of an offering, and I had to rush to South Africa. I was the right person to go, not because I was a chairman, but because they knew that I have also suffered from some of these things, so I needed to go in there and speak.”
Apostle Eric Nyamekye asserted that his experiences in South Africa had given him a deeper understanding of recent incidents of xenophobic attacks.
In related news, President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sent a delegation to him over Ghana’s push for South Africa’s xenophobic attacks targeting African nationals to be discussed at the African Union (AU).
According to Mahama, Ramaphosa sent a delegation to him, and he explained to them why there is a need to discuss the recurring xenophobic attacks targeting African nationals in South Africa.
Mahama revealed that the discussion at the African Union will allow South Africa to explain to the world what they are doing.
He also revealed that despite the xenophobic attacks on Ghanaian nationals that led to the deaths of two Ghanaians and several injured in the hospital, Ghana do not hold any malice against South Africa.
For the countries that have been victims, it has been a very traumatic affair; when something like this happens, it sets all of us back. People have been displaced, their properties and businesses have been closed, and we lost two of our citizens who were killed, and others were injured.
Speaking during a meeting with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahamoud Ali Youssou, at the Jubilee House in Accra on Wednesday, July 22, Mahama stated, “It does not appear that the South African authorities are responding to the magnitude that one would expect them to do. The people who are funding these xenophobic attacks are known, but they have been left free to continue what they want to do. It has become something they are doing with impunity at a high cost to us.
We had to charter a plane to South Africa to evacuate our citizens; we operated a 3-charter flight, and we are still operating another 3-charter flight because there are still about 900 who have signed on to come back voluntarily; they come back with nothing”.
Mahama further added, “As the continental body AU should take an interest in this issue, it has the potential to wreck everything we have worked for. African sovereignty and integration. We sent a notice that we want to put it on the agenda at the AU meeting in Egypt; unfortunately, that meeting was postponed, but we are hoping that at the next opportunity we will be able to put it on the agenda”.
Yesterday, President Ramaphosa sent a delegation to me; we met with them, and I explained the reason why we need to discuss it. Sometimes these things happen, and we want to sweep them under the carpet, but when we do that, we do not cure what the problem is. I told them Ghana don’t harbor any malice against South Africa, but we are raising it as an issue that will even give South Africa an opportunity to take that platform and explain what they are doing to the world”.
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