Burkina Faso / Bobo-Dioulasso: Two prison guards arrested in a case of fake nationality certificates

Even in uniform, no one is above the law. Two Prison Security Guard (PSG) Assistants have just learned this the hard way.

They were arrested and taken into custody as part of an investigation into an alleged network of falsification of Burkinabe nationality certificates in Bobo-Dioulasso.

According to a statement from the prosecutor, the two agents were collecting applications for nationality certificates from litigants, offering to facilitate their issuance.

But once the documents were seized and signed, they would enter false registration numbers on them. This maneuver would have allowed them to pocket the registration fees, set at 2,000 CFA francs per certificate.

The investigation is ongoing to identify and dismantle all suspected members of this network. The Prosecutor of Burkina Faso also invites anyone with information about this case, or who believes they have been a victim of this practice, to contact his office.

Cheick Omar Ouedraogo