Accra — Three members of Ghana’s parliament and a former MP are facing travel bans to Britain over apparent visa irregularities, according to a leaked document seen by AFP on Wednesday. Britain’s high commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, wrote to parliament’s speaker, Mike Oquaye, saying that the four had apparently been involved "in visa fraud directly affecting the UK". Former MP George Boakye obtained a visa for his daughter, who then over-stayed her visa for more than three years, only returning to Ghana this January at Britain’s insistence. Another, Richard Acheampong, secured a visa for a woman he said was his wife, but more than a year after she travelled to Britain, supposedly for a two-week holiday, she was still there. The MP failed to declare her illegal presence, provide documents proving he was married to the woman, or give information allowing her to be tracked down, the three-page letter noted. Both Boakye and Acheampong were unlikely to be issued with visas for trave...
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