Three Nigerians, one of them a woman, have been arrested for allegedly possessing forged Ghanaian passports.

Though the passports bear Ghanaian names; Emmanuel Kwafo, Richard Bioh and Cindy Ayim, officials of the Document Fraud Expertise Centre of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), found out that the names were not the actual identities of the suspects.

Investigations conducted by the GIS showed that the real identities of the male suspects were Emmanuel Ihueze, 28, and John Nkwocha, both welders, while that of the woman was Zeinab Kofoworola Kasali, 24, a student.


Bio-data page

The Head of the Document Fraud Expertise Centre, Mr Frederick Baah Duodu, told the Daily Graphic that the two men were arrested at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) while attempting to travel to Kuwait with forged Ghanaian biometric passports.

He said the men, who were intercepted about 8:30 p.m. on July 3, 2014, claimed they had arrived in Ghana a month ago and lodged at a hotel after paying two agents to acquire passports for them.

The two suspects claimed to have paid $5,000 each to two agents, one of whom they identified only as Uche.

Mr Duodu said an examination of the passports revealed that the bio-data page was a counterfeit, even though the passport booklet was a genuine Ghanaian passport with all the security features.

The passports, with numbers G0485026 and GO724578, indicated that they were issued on June 2, 2014 and would expire on June 1, 2019.


Woman arrested at JFK

According to Mr Duodu, Zeinab was intercepted by immigration officers at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York on July 1, 2014 with a passport indicating she had travelled on an airline from the KIA, Accra.

He said the immigration officials at the JFK Airport were suspicious of the American visa in the passport and, therefore, questioned the holder.

She was subsequently deported to Ghana on July 5, 2014.

On her arrival, Kasali’s case was referred to the Document Fraud Centre, where the immigration officers, after careful examination, found that the passport was not genuine.

It was also discovered that she was a Nigerian who had attempted to use a Ghanaian passport to travel.


Warning

During interrogation, Zeinab was said to have told the immigration officers that an uncle whose name she gave as Obuma Okafor had acquired the passport with a visa for her to enable her to travel to the United States.

The uncle is currently on the run.

During a search on the system at the KIA, the immigration officers retrieved a scanned Nigerian passport with number AO1930718 with the picture of Zeinab.

According to Zeinab, she had paid $5,000 for the passport and $2,000 for the ticket.

Mr Duodu said the suspects would be handed over to the Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking Unit of the GIS for further investigations.

He warned foreigners, especially Nigerians, to desist from using Ghanaian passports and other travel documents, saying the GIS “was always ready to clamp down on illegal acquisition of Ghanaian passports by fraudsters”.

As part of efforts to win the fight, he said, the GIS was building the capacity of its personnel at the entry points, including the ports and the borders, to be abreast of new trends in forged documents being used by fraudsters.


http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/26815-3-nigerians-with-fake-ghanaian-passports-grabbed.html

From left: Emmanuel Ihueze, John Nkwocha and Zeinab Kofoworola Kasali after they had been arrested by the police. -

They should be made to face the full wrath of the Ghanaian law and deported thereafter to Nigeria.

Nigeria why?

otokx: They should be made to face the full wrath of the Ghanaian law and deported thereafter to Nigeria.

deport to Nigeria? u kidding right

Hmmmmmmmm! O ga ooooooo

*Pukes*

God will never allow me to see shame.

Why would I forge a Gaynian Passport??

Disgusting something

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Ghana of all countries.. Una dey fall hands wella.

Lazy peeps why can't they use that brain for something meaningful.




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Forging American passport

Na our people the make GHANA get muscle

Why won't they forge Ghana passport when you greedy and lawless Nigerians has ruined your reputation, worldwide? ?
Infact,whenever I meet a foreigner I make sure I educate them on the many dangers that's risk when they deal with a Nigerian. You Nigerians are lawless,uncivilized, greedy,arrogant, boastful corrupt!

OdenigboAroli: Ghana education system is light year ahead of you ignorant Nigerians.
They are humble and loving.
They are more creative.
Satisfied with whatever they have.
Better economic.


And you eediotss are still fighting which tribe is superior......bunch of fool.
Infact,I want every country to start murdering every Nigerian criminal in their numbers

Nigeria is the shame of the black world!!!

@ bolded
So says a fool who even involves himself in superiority contests within the same tribe.
Foolish hypocrite.

It's a miracle this thread has not been tribalized

Yoritshekiri: @ bolded
So says a fool who even involves himself in superiority contests within the same tribe.
Foolish hypocrite.

Can you show a proof, you rretarded dreg....I'm proud and grateful of where I come from I never looked down on anybody.

kolawaxxy: It's a miracle this thread has not been tribalized

set your stopwatch to 10 minutes and come back and see for yourself.. Am a ghanaian.. But I must say this people have ambition to hustle with no sense.. Not all opportunities are opportunities

Those 2 ETHNIC groups DONE RUIN NIGERIA FINISH!
WA-BIA-BIA!!!

You won't see ofe nmmanu's here because they are involved yorubas committs most crimes but due to they are into media like newspaper more than any other tribes they hide so many things about them and go on to write about other people, now they can't hide again...end shall never wonder

Shame to them. The North is bombing while the South is representing our international image. Shame!

Search very well dat babe nah igbhoe parading as yoruba.

OMG..!!! Can't believe this. I know the second guy on blue shirt, he is my friend and we talked about him travelling to kuwait, but he didn't not tell me full details about the fake ghanian passport... Chai..! Promise don fall my hands.. OMG..!!! Can't believe this. I know the second guy on blue shirt, he is my friend and we talked about him travelling to kuwait, but he didn't not tell me full details about the fake ghanian passport... Chai..! Promise don fall my hands..

OdenigboAroli: Why won't they forge Ghana passport when you greedy and lawless Nigerians has ruined your reputation, worldwide? ?
Infact,whenever I meet a foreigner I make sure I educate them on the many dangers that's risk when they deal with a Nigerian. You Nigerians are lawless,uncivilized, greedy,arrogant, boastful corrupt!

i seriously do not want to reply you, i seriously do not want to tell you how foolishly you ve portrayed yourself, but it would amount to wickedness and selfishness if in the face of such foolishness good and wise men say nothing, so i declare you a mumu of life