Two officers from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) were ambushed and shot on Sunday night, November 2, at Nagani in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region.
According to sources within the regional command, the officers were returning from night duty on a motorbike when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them.
“The attackers laid an ambush and shot at the unsuspecting officers,” a source said, adding that both officers suffered serious injuries. They were quickly transported to the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga for emergency treatment.
While the Ghana Immigration Service has not yet issued an official statement, sources indicate that an investigation is underway to identify and apprehend the attackers.
The incident is the latest in a string of violent assaults targeting border security personnel in Ghana’s northern regions. It comes less than a month after a similar attack at Gbintiri, where armed men shot two GIS officers at an inland checkpoint.
In that earlier attack, Assistant Immigration Control Officer II (AICO II) Rafiq Mohammed was killed instantly, while his colleague, AICO II Oppong Daniel, sustained critical injuries. Investigators later recovered an AK-47 shell and a service rifle from the scene.
The growing number of such assaults has raised renewed concern over the safety of immigration officers deployed along Ghana’s borders, where security personnel frequently face difficult and high-risk working conditions.
