She was arraigned following a report made to the
Northern Regional office of the Ghana Immigration
Service (GIS) about her illegal activities.
“A Nigerian lady has been found guilty by a court in
Ghana after she tried to acquire Ghana Card.
The 37-year-old Nigerian lady has been identified as
Doris Okeke.
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The convict was fined by the Tamale District
Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Amadu
Issifu, 200 penalty units, the equivalent of GH¢2,400,
or in default serve 18 months in jail for using a false
identity.
She paid the fine to avoid a jail term after pleading
guilty to all four counts of residing in the country
without a permit, working in Ghana without a permit,
obtaining a self ID card, and attempting to obtain a
Ghana ID card.
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She was arraigned following a report made to the
Northern Regional office of the Ghana Immigration
Service (GIS) about her illegal activities.
Doris Okeke used the name Doris Dubik as her
Ghanaian identity to get a voter’s ID card prior to the
2020 elections, applied for Ghana Card, and gained
admission into the Tamale Technical University (TTU)
as a student.
The court ordered her to submit all her documents to
the GIS to be presented to the registration officials to
delete her information from the National Identification
Authority’s system.
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The Northern Regional Public Relations Officer of GIS,
Assistant Inspector Christian Kobla Kekeli Zilevu, said
the GIS received a report on the convict’s activities
and moved in to pick her up at the TTU Campus on
March 14, and upon interrogation, she confirmed being
a Nigerian and residing in Ghana since 2015.
He revealed that the convict’s husband, Oliver Okeke,
also a Nigerian, acquired the Ghana voter’s ID.