The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced that two Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to 12 months in prison each for providing false information and possessing forged documents during the Ghana Card registration process.

The Madina District Court II, presided over by Her Worship Susana Nyakotey, delivered the judgment on Friday, November 7, 2025, after finding the two guilty on all counts.

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

After a full trial, both men were sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for providing false information and 13 months for possessing forged documents, to run concurrently. The court further ordered that the convicts be deported to Nigeria after serving their sentences. They have since been handed over to the Nsawam Prisons Authority to begin their jail term.

“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 said in its statement.

The Authority commended the Ghana Police Service, the CID Unit attached to the NIA, the Office of the Attorney-General, and other stakeholders for their collaboration, which led to the successful prosecution of the offenders.

The NIA also cautioned the public that providing false information, impersonation, and the use of forged documents are serious criminal offences and will be met with the full rigour of the law.

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