CRIME
Nigerian Woman Jailed For Using Forged Documents To Obtain Ghanaian Passport.
A 41-year-old Nigerian woman has been handed a six-month prison sentence with hard labour after she was caught attempting to obtain a Ghanaian passport using forged documents, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has announced.
Franca Wilson, a welder by profession, pleaded guilty before the Adabraka District Court in Accra on May 12, 2026, and was convicted on three counts. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Her arrest followed a routine vetting exercise at the Accra Passport Application Center (PAC) on April 24, 2026, where immigration officers detected inconsistencies in her nationality claims. She was subsequently transferred to the National Enforcement Department at GIS
Headquarters for further investigations,investigations revealed that Wilson is a Nigerian citizen, born in Rivers State to Nigerian parents. Despite this, she presented a falsified birth certificate claiming she was born in Somanya in Ghana’s Eastern Region to a Ghanaian mother, a claim she could not substantiate when pressed for details.
Authorities further established that Wilson had procured a fraudulent birth certificate (Entry No. 310) and a Ghana Card bearing ID number GHA-731395447-1 through an agent, who also allegedly completed her online passport application and booked her appointment. She admitted to the offenses in her caution statement.
The GIS has used the conviction to issue a stern warning to foreign nationals against patronizing unauthorized agents who claim to facilitate the acquisition of Ghanaian identity or travel documents through illegal channels.
“Attempts to fraudulently acquire Ghanaian identity or travel documents constitute serious offenses under the laws of Ghana and will attract severe sanctions,” the Service stated.
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