The women’s organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso, has been put on a ‘no-fly list’ to the United States of America (USA).

This came to light after she was prevented from traveling to the USA at the Kotoka International Airport on Monday.

Anita Desoso who is also a Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is said to have been declared a potential security risk after she left threatening voicemails to a US citizen, Michelle McGowan.

Michelle McGowan; a nurse and a philanthropist came to Ghana to help three children from the Northern region who suffered from a strange skin disease locally known as Alligator skin

But there were reports of a stand-off between her and Anita which led to the said threatening voicemails.

According to media reports, McGowan was subsequently arrested and forced to leave Ghana on the advice of the American Embassy.

Speaking on Accra based radio station Adom FM, Michelle Mcgowan admitted reporting the matter to the FBI and the State Department of Diplomatic Relations upon her return to the USA and after a series of investigations, Madam Desoso landed herself on the ‘no-fly list’.

She explained that she is not directly responsible for the ban placed on Madam Desoso but the threats she received were reported.

“Hello Michelle, this is Anita again. I was expecting you at the police station, you were not there. So please am giving your number to a man working at the flagstaff house and would like you to show us the Frances Gyimah, that you claim she works here. Thank you. And if you dare not to call, we’ll look for you everywhere that you are, because we’ll not allow you to destroy our dear president’s name. Thank you. This is Anita De Soso”

“I was afraid for my life and the FBI requested the audio, they took the audio, they forwarded it to the State Department and they did an investigation,” she narrated.

Michelle Mcgowan was later informed that the Anti-corruption Squad in the USA had detected Madam Desoso and subsequently cancelled her visa.

“I believe the threats she made towards me are the catalyst for the investigation but the threats alone were not the reasons why she had her visa cancelled,” she remarked.

The no-fly list is created and maintained by the US government’s Terrorist Screening Centre (TSC) for people who are not permitted to board a commercial aircraft for travel in or out of the United States.

The no-fly list, which was established in 2003 after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA , bars those on it from flying within the United States or to and from the country.

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