The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has accused the government of dismissing his earlier warning about drug trafficking and attempting to arrest him instead of investigating his concerns.
The Assin South MP said the recent seizure of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine in France had vindicated the concerns he raised.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, he described it as troubling that a government which previously challenged his claims was now confronted with questions over a major cocaine shipment linked to Ghana.
In April 2025, Rev. Fordjour called for an investigation into two aircraft that landed at Kotoka International Airport, alleging they might have been used to transport cocaine or cash.
“When I started sharing the intelligence, they rubbished it, asking me to provide evidence, and later they sent security officials to come and arrest me, harassing my family and me in our home,” he said.
The lawmaker questioned the level of evidence the government expected him to provide, arguing that drug seizures in other countries often rely on intelligence rather than individuals coming forward with physical evidence.
“So even if someone has information on drug trafficking, do you even think they will come forward considering how I was treated as MP, who is also a pastor and ranking member?
“Do we even think that in the seizure in France and other places, someone took a container load of evidence to the officials? They relied on intelligence, and that was how they intercepted the shipment from Ghana,” he said.
The government rejected the allegations at the time, while the Ghana Airports Company Limited said security checks found no evidence of illegal substances on either aircraft.
On 9 April 2025, National Intelligence Bureau operatives went to his residence in Accra in an attempt to arrest him. Minority MPs and NPP officials gathered at the house to resist the move, and he was not taken into custody.
The latest case involves cocaine discovered by French customs at the port of Dunkirk in a container shipped from Ghana.
Rev. Fordjour described the seizure as a reflection of the concerns he raised earlier, even though his 2025 claims related to aircraft and no established link has been made between those flights and the Dunkirk consignment.
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