Wilberforce Sintim Kwako
A Ghanian citizen who is a pastor was busted at the P.G.I.A. for attempting to enter the country with another person’s passport. Forty year old Wilberforce Sintim Kwako was found in possession of an altered passport which contained a five-year U.S. visa. Kwako was detained on Tuesday morning after he arrived on an Avianca flight from El Salvador. The passport was in the name of Yaw Mensah and was issued on September second, 2006, expiring in 2016. When the passport was inspected, authorities realized that the bio data page had been altered. The original photograph was removed and re-laminated. The bio data page had no reaction under the ultra violet light. The passenger who purported to be Mensah was denied entry. At this point, Kwako retrieved another passport stating that it contained his true identity. He was then escorted into custody and charged with using a document, which he was not entitled to use. Kwako, who was unrepresented in court, appeared before Magistrate Ladonna John where he wasted no time and pleaded guilty and was fined one thousand dollars plus the cost of court of which he was ordered to pay forthwith, in default six months imprisonment. By the end of the day, Kwako was unable to make the payment and remained in Immigration custody.