Ghana and Nigeria may have been rivals in sport, but they had rarely taken up arms at each other.That was until rumours started circulating onsocial media in July that showed there had been undertones of bad blood.
In Ghana, a local movement pushed the “Nigerians-must-go” slogan, gaining massive following across the country. It was followed with street protests and acts of violence against Nigerian-owned businesses, signalling longstanding economic friction recently exacerbated by a Nigerian businessman who crowned himself “king” in Ghana.
