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A 41-year-old Nigerian woman, Franca Wilson, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in Ghana for attempting to obtain a Ghanaian passport using forged nationality documents.
The conviction was confirmed by the Ghana Immigration Service in a report published by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday.
Earlier reports by Citi Newsroom stated that Wilson, who works as a welder, pleaded guilty before the Adabraka District Court in Accra on May 12, 2026.
The court sentenced her to six months imprisonment with hard labour on three counts, with the sentences to run concurrently.
According to the reports, Wilson was arrested on April 24, 2026, at the Accra Passport Application Centre after immigration officials detected inconsistencies in her nationality claims during screening.
The Ghana Immigration Service disclosed that she was subsequently transferred to the National Enforcement Department at the agency’s headquarters for further investigation.
Investigations later revealed that Wilson is a Nigerian citizen born in Rivers State to Nigerian parents.
However, she allegedly presented a forged birth certificate claiming she was born in Somanya, located in Ghana’s Eastern Region, to a Ghanaian mother.
The immigration agency added that Wilson failed to provide credible details about the alleged Ghanaian parent during interrogation.
The case is one of several involving Nigerians arrested or convicted in Ghana over fraud and identity-related offences.
In December 2025, two Nigerians, Ike Isaac and Emmanuel Egbe, were sentenced to 12 months imprisonment each by the Madina District Court II for attempting to obtain Ghana Cards using false identities.
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