Rumours of sabotage inside Ghana’s inventive arts trade , the place some entertainers allege they’ve been undermined by colleagues and trade insiders , proceed to swirl. Gospel musician Empress Gifty has now added her voice to the continued dialog.
In a stay TikTok session on 12 August 2025, the Watch Me hitmaker recounted a distressing expertise throughout her first go to to the UK, an ordeal she claims was triggered by the actions of a fellow artiste.
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In keeping with Empress Gifty, a colleague , whose id she selected to not reveal, had invited her to the UK. Nevertheless, upon her arrival, the person allegedly ignored her repeated makes an attempt to get in contact, an motion which she says finally led to her deportation.
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Once I bought to the airport, the immigration officers requested me who I used to be going to go to, and I discussed the title. They then requested if I had known as the individual earlier than attending to the airport, and I advised them sure. So that they requested me to name her, however after calling a number of instances, she refused to reply
The immigration officers themselves known as her from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., however she nonetheless wouldn’t decide up. They then took me to a room with a whole lot of cameras, and everybody was observing me
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She revealed that the then-Ghanaian Minister for International Affairs, Hannah Tetteh, tried to intervene after being contacted by Empress Gifty’s ex-husband , however her efforts failed.
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“I known as my ex-husband, and he known as the then international minister, Hannah Tetteh. She even known as the immigration officers to permit me to remain in my lodge room. However they refused, saying that till the lady picked up the calls, they’d not permit me to enter the UK
Empress Gifty acknowledged that she was deported the identical day, along with her two-year visa revoked only a week after it was issued. She added that her current journey to the UK was intentional , a solution to silence those that mocked her after the incident.
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