The National Identification Authority (NIA) has introduced that two Nigerian nationals had been sentenced to twelve months in jail every for offering false data and possessing solid paperwork right through the Ghana Card registration procedure.

The Madina District Court II, presided over through Her Worship Susana Nyakotey, delivered the judgment on Friday, November 7, 2025, after discovering the 2 in charge on all counts.

According to a commentary signed through Williams Ampomah E. Darlas, Head of the NIA’s Corporate Affairs Directorate, the convicts — Ike Isaac, often referred to as Alex Kwesi Brown Appiah, elderly 20, and Emmanuel Innocent Egbe, often referred to as Innocent Emmanuel Kodom, elderly 24 — had been charged with Providing False Information to National Identification Registration Officials underneath Section 40(1)(a) of the National Identity Register Act, 2008 (Act 750), and Possessing Forged Documents underneath Section 166 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

After a complete trial, each males had been sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment for offering false data and 13 months for possessing solid paperwork, to run at the same time as. The court docket additional ordered that the convicts be deported to Nigeria after serving their sentences. They have since been passed over to the Nsawam Prisons Authority to start out their prison time period.

“This conviction reaffirms our commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the Ghana Card registration process as the single credible source of identity for all lawful residents,” the NIA stated in its commentary.

The Authority recommended the Ghana Police Service, the CID Unit hooked up to the NIA, the Office of the Attorney-General, and different stakeholders for his or her collaboration, which ended in the a hit prosecution of the offenders.

The NIA additionally cautioned the general public that offering false data, impersonation, and the usage of solid paperwork are critical felony offences and might be met with the overall rigour of the regulation.

“The NIA remains steadfast in working with security and judicial agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute offenders,” the commentary added.

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