Appiah Stadium has dropped a bombshell allegation against Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, claiming the minister failed to assist him in securing a United States visa despite an intervention by President John Dramani Mahama.
The outspoken National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporter said his personal experience with Ablakwa was the reason he was unwilling to publicly defend the minister amid the controversy surrounding the government’s handling of Ghanaians repatriated from South Africa.
According to Appiah Stadium, he had planned to travel to the United States to watch the FIFA World Cup but encountered difficulties obtaining a visa due to what he described as an old political issue involving his name at the US Embassy.
He alleged that after learning about his predicament, President Mahama intervened and instructed Ablakwa to write to the US Embassy to explain the circumstances surrounding his previous record and help facilitate his visa application.
However, Appiah Stadium claimed the Foreign Affairs Minister failed to act on the President’s directive, leaving him disappointed and unable to secure the assistance he needed.
He further alleged that several attempts to reach Ablakwa by telephone for guidance on the visa application process were unsuccessful, claiming the minister never answered his calls.
The NDC supporter said the alleged treatment had influenced his decision not to expend his energy defending Ablakwa against the criticisms he is currently facing.
Speaking on Esra TV on November 10, 2026, Appiah Stadium questioned why he should publicly defend the minister when, according to him, Ablakwa had failed to reciprocate the support he expected after the President’s intervention.
“If Okudzeto is being accused of something, why should I waste my petrol and come here to defend him? Am I mad to defend Okudzeto? Or do I not know what to do when I wake up in the morning? I applied for an American visa to go and watch the World Cup, but I was denied because of an old political issue,” he stated.
“The President asked Okudzeto to write a letter to help me get the visa, but he never did. To this day, he has never answered my calls to help me with the process,” he added.
His comments come amid growing public scrutiny of Ablakwa over the controversy surrounding the repatriation of Ghanaians from South Africa.
His comment follows the Minority in Parliament, who have raised concerns over an alleged passport-for-sale scheme involving officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Passport Office, claiming that about 300 Ghanaians have travelled to Europe and other destinations using Diplomatic and Service Passports obtained through the arrangement.
Meanwhile, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director, has accused Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa of having prior knowledge of alleged irregularities in the issuance of Ghanaian passports.
The NPP Communications Director questioned Ablakwa’s claim that he was unaware of the activities within the Ministry.
Miracles Aboagye quizzed how Ablakwa could establish that no Diplomatic Passports had been implicated in the alleged scheme while retaining that he had no prior knowledge of the activities.
Speaking at a press conference alongside members of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, Miracles Aboagye stated, “How did the Minister know that there were no diplomatic passports if he claims he has no knowledge of the scheme? A scheme that is being orchestrated under your blind side, as you claim, by people within your ministry, which you are only getting to know after we brought it to the fore”.
“Is it the case that those at the ministry who are raising issues and saying that the Minister knows about this scheme because he knew why he appointed this particular gentleman as Director of Passports even though he doesn’t qualify and kept him there all this while from last year till now? He knew about the scheme. Can he give us a response for that?” he asked.
Miracles Aboagye further revealed that the passport matter was not the only issue the NPP intend to raise about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He added, “There are a lot more issues at the Foreign Affairs Ministry that are going to be discussed in the next few days. We have them in hard copy evidence. We have them in hard copies, soft copies, saved in the cloud everywhere, and there is no absolute way that any of this evidence can go anywhere,” he said.
“We in the New Patriotic Party support the Minority Caucus in Parliament. We are fully behind the committee members, and we are calling on the Speaker to listen and hear the call of the Ranking Member and the Foreign Affairs Committee members for a full parliamentary inquiry,” he said.
“The Minister who is supervising this fraud cannot be the one showing us reports of a committee he has established,” he added.
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