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A 49 year old Ghanaian sailor is stranded in far away Island of Saotome and Principe.
Emmanuel Arthur has been wandering in that country for a year and a half now just because he cannot get 300 dollars to pay his transport back home for the long voyage.
Mr. Arthur a native of komenda and a father of three children went in search of job in Togo. He got employed as a sailor on a Spanish vessel named ‘Sonia to fish in deep waters across countries.
But he was left behind at Saotome’s Afaninga harbor in one of the trips on the high seas and for a year and a half now he has been looking forward to getting back home in vain.
Several attempts to stow away to Ghana failed however when he gathered resources to board a vessel bound for Nigeria enroute to Ghana- he was thrown out of the vessel after naval officers discovered he had no visa.
JOYNEWS' Sammy Darko and Graphics' Moses Akrobeto uncovered this man on a visit to Saotome on a US naval vessel which had entered the country to deliver items to a charity organization.
The two in a frustrating interaction with residents there were told about the plight of Mr. Arthur who in an attempt to survive in that country has learnt how to speak Portuguese by force.
Emmanuel Arthur has been wandering in that country for a year and a half now just because he cannot get 300 dollars to pay his transport back home for the long voyage.
Mr. Arthur a native of komenda and a father of three children went in search of job in Togo. He got employed as a sailor on a Spanish vessel named ‘Sonia to fish in deep waters across countries.
But he was left behind at Saotome’s Afaninga harbor in one of the trips on the high seas and for a year and a half now he has been looking forward to getting back home in vain.
Several attempts to stow away to Ghana failed however when he gathered resources to board a vessel bound for Nigeria enroute to Ghana- he was thrown out of the vessel after naval officers discovered he had no visa.
JOYNEWS' Sammy Darko and Graphics' Moses Akrobeto uncovered this man on a visit to Saotome on a US naval vessel which had entered the country to deliver items to a charity organization.
The two in a frustrating interaction with residents there were told about the plight of Mr. Arthur who in an attempt to survive in that country has learnt how to speak Portuguese by force.
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