Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of the Crime Check Foundation, has dropped more details surrounding Musah Attah, identified as “Kromo”, one of the suspects arrested in connection with the €225 million cocaine bust in France.
The CEO of Crime Check revealed that it has now been established that Musah worked with the security detail at Jubilee House.
According to Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, Musah Attah, alias “Kromo”, provided security for both the President and the Vice President.
He further disclosed that Musah resigned from his position at Jubilee House barely three months before he was busted in connection with the €225 million cocaine bust in France.
The CEO of Crime Check disclosed that Musah had repeatedly complained about his GH¢6,000 monthly salary, describing it as inadequate, and calling for an increase.
He further highlighted that Musah was assured that his salary would be reviewed when the economy improved; however, he resigned from his position.
Speaking on his Crime Check programme, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng stated, “It has been established that Musah Attah worked at the Presidency, and there have been several instances where the President and the Vice President were travelling and he was part of the security detail”.
“Information gathered has it that, at the time he was working at the Presidency, his salary was GH¢6,000, and he protested several times that the money was woefully inadequate. He was assured that when the economy got better, he would get an increase.
“But the bottom line is: How did some of these people get to such places to work? … So, he left his job at the Jubilee House because of the money,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) Deputy Director-General, Alexander Twum-Barimah, debunked claims by Old Tafo MP, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, that one of the suspects arrested in connection with the $261m cocaine bust in France was a member of the presidential security detail.
According to Alexander Twum-Barimah, background checks conducted on all the suspects in custody had not identified any of them as a presidential escort or bodyguard.
The NACOC Deputy Director-General further urged Vincent Ekow Assafuah to come clear and explain his allegations.
Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues on Sunday, September 20, Alexander Twum-Barimah stated, “From the background that we have done, I don’t have any presidential bodyguard. President John Dramani Mahama’s bodyguard? Then he has to come clear and explain to us his job description and everything.”
“And like I said to you earlier, we have checked all the people that we have in custody; their backgrounds are known to us, and we don’t have any of them who is a presidential escort,” he stressed.
His comment follows Vincent Ekow Assafuah, the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, who has alleged that one of the four suspects arrested over the $261 million worth of cocaine seized in France from a shipment from Ghana is a member of the security detail of President John Mahama and Vice President Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang.
According to Ekow Assafuah, the suspect named Musah Atta is a security personnel who has been detailed to both President John Dramani Mahama and the Vice President.
In a Facebook post, Ekow Assafuah shared photos of the supposed suspects in proximity to the President and Vice President, and questioned how this could happen.
In the pictures, Ekow Assafuah singled out a man he claims to be Musah Atta, who was part of the security detail of the president at his swearing-in on January 7, 2025.
He also shared another picture showing a man who looks like the same person protecting the vice president.
He wrote, “US$261.45 million cocaine bust and one accused, Musah Atta, is reportedly part of the security detail of both the President and Vice President.
“How does a presidential security operative become linked to a case of this magnitude? Who granted the access, and who was watching the watchers?” he added.
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