John Ntim Fordjour, the Member of Parliament for Assin South, has said the minority in parliament will resist any attempts by the John Mahama government to cover up for officials implicated in the ongoing investigation into a methamphetamine (meth) shipment intercepted in Australia.
According to Ntim Fordjour, government officials fingered in the methamphetamine shipment intercepted in Australia must be named and prosecuted.
He stressed that the NDC government was elected and appointed not to use power to operate a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking cartel.
In a post on X on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, Ntim Fordjour stated, “Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials. You’ve been elected and appointed not to use power to operate a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking cartel”.
The Member of Parliament for Assin South’s comment comes on the heels of Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, the Interior Minister, revealing that preliminary investigations into the meth shipment from Ghana intercepted in Australia have implicated some suspected government officials.
The Interior Minister disclosed that a number of government officials are suspected of facilitating the concealment of the illicit drugs.
According to the Interior Minister, investigations are ongoing, with several officials being questioned.
He further disclosed that, with the investigation and interrogating people, a lot of things are not adding up.
Speaking before Parliament’s Committee on Assurance, the Interior Minister stated, “Even as at yesterday we were still interrogating a lot of government officials. It is not everything I can put out at this stage because we are still investigating and interrogating people. There are a lot of things that are not adding up. You could see that there is some involvement of some people within the system”.
“Even if you put all these gadgets, remember it is going to be operated by human beings. So if the wrong persons are sitting there, you can bring all the gadgets of this world; it will not be effective,” he added.
“We have changed our modus operandi and the way we place personnel. All of this is to make sure we protect our borders,” he stated.
Meanwhile, some days ago, Brigadier General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, the Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), announced that two more suspects linked to the shipment of 320 kilograms of meth concealed in sacks of charcoal have been arrested.
According to Brigadier General Mantey, the arrests were made on Thursday night following the earlier arrest of the alleged mastermind.
Speaking at the commemoration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Friday, June 26, 2026, the NACOC Director-General stated, “Last week, our international partners intercepted a shipment bound for Australia. On Wednesday, we took the mastermind into custody here in Ghana, and just last night, two more suspects were picked up, and more will be picked up”.
“They thought they could operate in shadows; they were wrong. We are far from done. To every trafficker, syndicate, and to every network that thinks Ghana is open to business, we are coming for you”, he stated.
Brigadier General Mantey added, “Our antennae are very high, and we have the information. You may never know and as I always say, when you are picked, two people will free you: God and the court”.
See the post below:
Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials. You’ve been elected and appointed not to use power to operate multimillion dollar drug trafficking cartel. https://t.co/R4McvUHk8W
— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) July 8, 2026
