The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the Minister for the Interior to name and prosecute any government officials allegedly involved in the trafficking of narcotics.
He made the call just a day after the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, had reportedly stated before the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurance that preliminary investigations into the trafficking of 320 kilogrammes of methamphetamine narcotics worth over $300 million trafficked through Ghana and busted in Australia had implicated some government officials and public officials who “manipulated security system” to allow for such a high-profile narcotics shipment to go through.
This followed the reported seizure of methamphetamine valued at about $300 million in Australia.
In a post on social media, Rev. Ntim Fordjour said any public official found to be connected to the drug trafficking operation must face the full force of the law, insisting that positions of power must not be used to facilitate criminal activities.
“Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials,” he stated.
Rev. Ntim Fordjour further cautioned that elected and appointed officials had a responsibility to serve the public and not exploit their positions for criminal enterprises.
“You’ve been elected and appointed not to use power to operate multimillion dollar drug trafficking cartel,” he added.
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Meanwhile, Dickson Worlanyo Dotse reports that the Minority in Parliament has accused the Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice of directing the unlawful release of GH¢350 million approved for emergency flood relief, describing the action as a serious breach of the Constitution and the rule of law.
Addressing a press conference in Parliament yesterday, the Deputy Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa, Patricia Appiagyei, alleged that the A-G instructed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to release the funds from the Contingency Fund despite being aware that the fund was the subject of pending garnishee proceedings before a court.
According to Mrs Appiagyei, the Minority was in possession of a letter dated July 1, 2026, purportedly signed by the A-G and addressed to the Governor of the BoG, requesting the immediate release of the funds notwithstanding the pending court process.
She argued that although the Minister of Justice acknowledged in the letter that the Contingency Fund had been attached through garnishee proceedings, he nonetheless advised the central bank to proceed with the release of the money on the grounds of public interest and the national emergency created by the devastating floods.
“In the Republic of Ghana, court processes are not overridden by the considered opinion of any minister.
They are varied, discharged or set aside by the courts that issue them and by no one else,” she said.
