Wɔ afe 1979, wɔpaw no maa no kogyina wɔ ne manfo anan mu wɔ mmarahyɛ bagua a ɛboa maa wɔkyerɛw Ghana ɔmanmara no wɔ Ghana adehyeman a ɛtɔ so miɛnsa. Yakubu guanee kɔɔ London ne Nigeria bre a aban tuguo no baa wɔ afe 1981, maa no tenaa London kosii afe 1991. Wɔ saa afe no mu, Yakubu san n’akyi baa Ghana maa no kɔpree mmarahyɛ bagua no wɔ Bawku mansin no, odii nkunim ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔperee sɛ kwantenkorɔ no. Odii nkuguo akyire wɔ kwan ntease nnim ma noo tuu kwan kɔɔ Cotonou a ɛwɔ Benin kosii afe afe 2000 mu. Wɔ afe 2000 mu no, ɔsan n’akyi baa Ghana maa no begyee agua no biom. Wɔ afe 2001 ne 2002 mu no, manpanyin John Kufour paw no se Soafo a ɔhwe nsrahwe so. Ɔsan nso soom wɔ saa bre koro no ara mu sɛ ananmusifo wɔ Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mmarahyɛ bagua no mu. Yakubu dii nkuguo wɔ afe 2004 mu. Bre a owui wɔ afe 2007 mu no, na amaneɛbɔ kyere sɛ w’anaya kokoram nan a ogye ayaresa wɔ London ne South Africa.