Former Presidential Staffer Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe has blamed President John Dramani Mahama for the ongoing Service Passport scandal, while releasing documents purportedly showing passport details, official approval letters and financial transactions linked to the controversy.
In a Facebook post on November 8, 2026, Tagoe criticised what he described as the silence of anti-corruption institutions, religious leaders and other voices that had previously spoken out on matters of accountability.
Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe questioned whether their commitment to fighting corruption depended on which political party was in power, before placing responsibility for the unfolding controversy on the President.
“It is rather amusing, and indeed disappointing, how all the anti-corruption institutions, the clergy and even our Imans have suddenly gone quiet. Where have all the voices of accountability, integrity and moral conscience gone? Is it that their principles only apply when NPP is in power?
“But in all of this, I blame no one but President John Dramani Mahama”.
The documents shared by Tagoe reportedly include biodata pages of five Service Passports, alongside letters authorising the issuance of the travel documents to individuals under specified categories.
The passport details bear the names of Wallee Ibrahim, Asante Rebecca Arthur, Enning Frederick, Fosuaa Millicent and Richard Bosompem.
He also published copies of approval letters purportedly authorising the issuance of Service Passports to certain individuals. The documents were signed on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs by the Ministry’s Chief Director, Ambassador Khadija Iddrisu.
Also, the document included screenshots of mobile money (MoMo) transactions and bank payment receipts, which appear to show financial transactions allegedly connected to the passport issuance arrangements.
Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe’s disclosures come amid growing controversy over claims that individuals who did not qualify for Service Passports obtained the documents through payments to persons allegedly operating within the passport administration system.
Also, the Minority, The Minority in Parliament has presented what it describes as bank deposit receipts and mobile money transaction records allegedly linking an agent to payments for Ghanaian Diplomatic and Service Passports.
The documents, according to the Minority, provide evidence of financial transactions made in connection with an alleged passport-selling operation involving officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Passport Office.
Speaking at a press conference in Parliament on Sunday, November 8, 2026, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, identified Bright Yeboah Owusu as the alleged recipient of payments made on behalf of individuals connected to the operation.
Among the documents displayed by the NPP minority were two GCB Bank cash deposit receipts dated June 15 and June 24, 2026, alongside mobile money transaction records, including payments made on June 24.
Abu Jinapor said the individuals who provided the records claimed the money was paid to secure Diplomatic and Service Passports, as well as travel arrangements promised by the alleged operators.
“These are only some of the payment records we have obtained. The persons who provided them say these were payments made for the diplomatic and service passports and the promised travel arrangements,” Abu Jinapor stated.
The Minority also alleged that the arrangement was managed in Ghana by Ibrahim Wallee, with Owusu operating as an agent in Europe and receiving payments from prospective beneficiaries.
It said the documents would be formally submitted to Parliament as part of the evidence it intends to present in support of its call for an investigation into the alleged scheme.
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