[ 2014-12-17 ]

Sekou Nkrumah, son of Ghana’s first president

Sekou deported from United States
Information reaching DAILY GUIDE indicates that
controversial son of Ghana’s first president,
Sekou Nkrumah, has been deported from the United
States of America.

Even though attempts to get a response from the
former boss of the National Youth Authority (NYA)
with calls and text messages to his phone proved
unsuccessful, sources at the Kotoka International
Airport (KIA) told DAILY GUIDE that he travelled
to the United States last Saturday on board a
Delta airline flight.

But even before Sekou could set foot on American
soil, he was held by security officials and put on
the next available flight back home to Ghana.

Report suggests that although Sekou had a
permanent resident permit (green card), an
immigration status of a person authorised to live
and work in the US permanently, it had been
dormant for a while because of his absence from
the US for a very long period.

This, according to our source, was because he had
not used the green card issued to him for a long
time and could not have been allowed into that
country since holders are required to maintain
permanent resident status, and can be removed from
the United States if certain conditions of this
status are not met.

On arrival at KIA, Sekou was said to have been
handed to the Ghanaian security authorities who
debriefed him and later asked him to go home.

Under certain conditions, permanent residence
status can be lost involuntarily, including
committing a criminal act that makes a person
removable from the United States.

Checks by DAILY GUIDE have also established that a
person might be found to have abandoned his/her
status if he or she moves to another country to
live there permanently, stays outside the USA for
more than 365 days (without getting a re-entry
permit before leaving), or does not file an income
tax return on their worldwide income.

That, according to the source, could have possibly
been the case of Sekou Nkrumah, leading to his
immediate deportation.

Further checks have revealed that permanent
residence status in the US can also be lost if it
is found that the application or grounds for
obtaining permanent residence was fraudulent.

The failure to renew the permanent residence card
does not result in the loss of status, except in
the case of conditional permanent residents as
noted above.

A person who loses permanent residence status is
immediately removable from the United States and
must leave the country as soon as possible or face
deportation and removal.

In some cases, the person may be banned from
entering the country for three or seven years, or
even permanently.

Source - Daily Guide

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