Ghanaian recruits misled with jobs deployed to Ukraine warfront: Video

The four are part of a group of 14 Ghanaians who were lured to Russia under the false promise of securing well-paying jobs.

The group was recruited by a Ghanaian man named Abraham Boakye, commonly known as "One Man Supporter."

Posing as a job recruitment agent, Boakye convinced them to travel to Russia through Togo, claiming they would be employed in security roles similar to guarding banks or houses.

Boakye also told them they would receive military training for two to three months before starting the jobs.

But the situation turned out different on their arrival in Russia on August 6.

“When we arrived in Russia, the military gave us a contract to sign,” said one of the Ghanaians speaking anonymously told Global South World. “The contract was in Russian, but Boakye told us it was just for training, and we trusted him, so we signed.”

After a brief 21-day training period, the group was informed they were being sent to fight in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine rather than for the security jobs they had been promised.

Out of the 14 Ghanaians who signed the contract, seven were deployed to the frontlines, and four of them have been seriously wounded.

“We are now in Donetsk, part of Ukraine, and four of our brothers are badly injured,” the Ghanaian source added. “We didn’t know we were signing up for war. Please, we want to go back to Ghana.”

Attempts by Global South World to contact Boakye were unsuccessful.

The 14 Ghanaians were part of a larger group of 20 who left Ghana for Russia on August 4. While four of them avoided signing the contracts, two others, who were disqualified after failing the medical tests, reportedly returned to Moscow and have since left Russia.