New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has accused the Minister for Foreign Affairs of facilitating the alleged diplomatic and service passport scandal through questionable appointments and administrative decisions at the Ministry.
According to him, the Minister appointed an officer who was not qualified under the Civil Service structure and Foreign Affairs regulations to serve as Director of Passports.
The appointment, he said, created the conditions for an arrangement involving travel agents who facilitated the issuance of service passports to individuals.
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Speaking at a Minority press conference on Sunday, November 8, 2026, Miracles Aboagye claimed that after the appointment, the Director of Passports established a travel and tour arrangement and appointed Ibrahim Wale as a manager or agent, with one Bright Owusu also allegedly involved in the operation.
He argued that the Minister could not distance himself from the controversy because he appointed the Director at the centre of the allegations.
“The Minister knew that the Director for Passport, Yahya Muhammad, does not qualify to be Director for Passport. But he made him Director for Passport,” he alleged.
Miracles Aboagye claimed that the Director subsequently appointed agents who allegedly received payments to facilitate passport acquisition.
The NPP communicator also challenged the Minister’s explanation that the illegal service passport issuance scheme had been operating since 2023.
He described that account as misleading, arguing that the officials currently facing investigation were not occupying the positions attributed to them at the time.
Aboagye specifically mentioned Director of Passports Muhammad Yahya Amantana and junior officer Alhassan Soumani, insisting that neither was in the relevant position at the Ministry in 2023.
He alleged that the current arrangement was established and implemented under the current Foreign Affairs Minister’s watch.
Aboagye also questioned the Minister’s decision to identify Soumani as a leading architect of the alleged scheme, claiming that evidence before the committee suggested the junior officer was acting on instructions from his superiors.
He alleged that the committee’s findings included WhatsApp messages in which the Director of Passports instructed Soumani to facilitate the collection of passport booklets through the Director’s secretary for Ibrahim Wale.
He challenged the Minister to make the committee’s report public to enable Ghanaians to examine the evidence and establish the responsibilities of the officials involved.
Aboagye also alleged that Ministry officials helped holders of the questionable passports navigate airport immigration procedures.