Former Deputy Interior Minister and Member of Parliament for Assin South, John Ntim Fordjour, has questioned President John Dramani Mahama over the progress of investigations into suspected cocaine trafficking flights involving Ghana and Gran Canaria.
According to the MP, major drug busts involving consignments worth millions of dollars and running into tonnes have been recorded almost monthly overseas, with links to Ghana, since President Mahama’s April 1, 2025, statement on the suspected flights.
In a post on X, Mr Fordjour asked the President to account for the investigation he ordered into the alleged cocaine flights and his government’s commitment to ensuring zero tolerance for drug trafficking.
He said Ghana was facing international embarrassment following reports ranking the country fifth globally in cocaine trafficking to Belgium.
Mr Fordjour further claimed that more than $3 billion worth of drugs linked to Ghana had been intercepted overseas under the current administration, while several billions of dollars’ worth of drugs had allegedly been trafficked undetected.
He also raised concerns about what he described as the continued involvement of government officials, drug networks and state agencies in the illicit trade.
The Assin South MP questioned why an agreement signed by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa with Colombia, which he claimed facilitates direct and open shipments between the ports of Tema and Cartagena, had not been cancelled.
He argued that the developments contradicted the expectations Ghanaians had of President Mahama’s second administration and called on him to take decisive action to restore Ghana’s reputation as a country intolerant of narcotics trafficking.
President Mahama had earlier, on April 1, 2025, responded to allegations raised by Mr Fordjour at a press conference concerning two suspicious flights that allegedly arrived at Kotoka International Airport and were suspected of involvement in drug trafficking.
In his response, the President said his attention had been drawn to the allegations and indicated that investigations had been ordered into the matter.
