A Presidential Aide at the Office of the President, Dr Samuel Ayeh, has revealed that a suspect in the alleged passport scandal has confessed to forging the signature of a former Chief Director to secure Service Passports.

Speaking on JoyNews on November 9, 2026, Dr Ayeh said the suspect, identified only as Walle, made the confession before a committee set up to investigate the alleged sale of diplomatic and service passports.

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He said the suspect admitted that he repeatedly practised the former Chief Director’s signature to make the forgery appear genuine.

“He has confessed to the committee that they actually forged the signature of the chief director at the time to secure the service passport. He says that he practised it several times to make sure that it happens,” Dr Ayeh said.

According to him, the suspect also explained how the group allegedly obtained the former Chief Director’s official letterhead to carry out the forgery.

Dr Ayeh alleged that another person, identified as Sumana Alhassan, was responsible for obtaining the letterhead needed for the process.

“He said that they got the letter, the letterhead of the chief director, and all the people involved in this whole activity. He made sure that Sumana Alhassan was the one in charge of making sure that he got the letterhead so that they could forge the signatures and issue it to the passport office to get it,” he added.

Dr Ayeh also outlined how quickly the investigation was initiated after a petition was received by a minister on October 8.

He said a committee was formed the following day and had begun taking statements from witnesses by October 13.

How alleged passport syndicate forged Chief Director's signature to secure illegal service passports

“This is a minister who receives a petition on 8th October. By 9th October, he has set up a committee to investigate the matter. By 13th October, witnesses have started speaking on the matter,” he explained.

He added that an audio recording of the alleged confession exists and that the committee’s report was expected to be published the following week.

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