The debate over drug trafficking allegations has taken a fiery turn as National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi has called for the immediate arrest of Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, the Assin South MP.
The controversy stems from claims made by Rev. Fordjour, who is also the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, implicating two aircraft in alleged drug trafficking and money laundering activities involving Ghana and Gran Canaria.
The MP had raised concerns that AirMed Flight N823AM and Cavok Air Antonov An-12B, both of which reportedly spent days on Ghanaian soil before departing, were involved in transporting illegal substances and large sums of money out of the country.
However, according to Gyamfi, these drug trafficking claims are not only unproven but also politically motivated.v
In a charged statement, Gyamfi declared that Rev. Fordjour should either provide evidence or face legal consequences.
“In other jurisdictions, he would have been blacklisted,” he stated bluntly, arguing that serious accusations against a sitting government without proof are tantamount to slander and national sabotage.
“If he doesn’t honour the invitation [by National Security] to him and he thinks that he can hide behind his parliamentary privileges, he lie bad. Because he will be arrested. Some of us will insist that he is arrested, and you must substantiate that.”
Sammy Gyamfi
Gyamfi maintained that the Minority in Parliament had not conducted any proper verification before going public with their claims.
He slammed their actions as “totally reckless and irresponsible,” urging Rev. Fordjour to apologize for what he described as a blatant lie.
He further revealed a shifting narrative from the MP, who first cited intelligence reports as the basis for his claim but later walked back, describing the incident merely as a suspicion.
This inconsistency, Gyamfi argued, makes the allegations even more dubious and shows that the press conference organized by the Minority was politically calculated rather than fact-based.
“You have lied; you have proven to be totally reckless and irresponsible, and if you had a conscience, you would be apologizing for that lie.”
Sammy Gyamfi
The Minority’s failure to produce any actionable intelligence, even after President John Mahama reportedly ordered investigations into the matter, has only deepened skepticism.
Rev. Fordjour, when pressed, admitted he had not received an official invitation to share his supposed evidence—an excuse Gyamfi described as weak.
The controversy centers around the two aircraft that were parked in Ghana for several days before heading to Gran Canaria. One was an air ambulance, and the other a private jet.
The details surrounding their presence and the absence of any concrete evidence supporting the MP’s allegations of drug trafficking have raised concerns about how national security issues are handled in political circles.
Security Expert Joins the Fray
Amid the unfolding drama, respected security analyst Dr. Kwesi Aning also weighed in with concerns over how such sensitive information is being disclosed by public officials.
Dr. Aning acknowledged that scrutiny of national security matters is crucial but underscored that such issues require discretion and expertise—especially from parliamentary committee members with access to classified information.
“What I mean [is], I can do that as a civil society activist and as [a] scholar, but as a Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Interior with oversight responsibilities for a lot of our security institutions, and hopefully having security clearance… Such information must be handled differently.”
Dr. Kwesi Aning
He further criticized what he sees as the creeping politicization of the Parliamentary Defence and Interior Committee, stressing the need for a national conversation on how individuals in sensitive roles handle privileged information.
“We need to discuss, elevate the conversation, as to how people in sensitive positions, who have clearance and may, because of that clearance, have access to information that is useful to securing our space to handle that information.”
Dr. Kwesi Aning
The tug-of-war between the NDC and the Minority over these drug trafficking allegations underscores a larger issue within Ghana’s political and security environment: the weaponization of sensitive information for partisan gain.
While the public has a right to transparency, there is also an undeniable danger in broadcasting speculative intelligence, especially when it could undermine confidence in Ghana’s international standing.
As political temperatures rise just a few months after the general elections, it’s clear that every statement made by public officials, especially those with security clearance, will be subject to even greater scrutiny.
The risk, however, is that serious issues like drug trafficking may be trivialized in the process, used more as tools of political brinkmanship than matters of national interest.
Whether Rev. Fordjour eventually presents hard evidence or not, this saga raises important questions: Should parliamentary privilege be used as a shield from accountability? And how should Ghana treat the delicate balance between transparency and national security?
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