Akosua Manu, an aide to the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said President John Dramani Mahama should have sacked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, for revealing sensitive security details to the public that could expose Ghanan to a potential ISIS threats.
According to Akosua Manu, Ablakwa should have been sacked the day he exposed Ghana to potential security threats, adding that his claim to Chatham House that Ghana collaborated with the United States on the Christmas Day bombing of armed groups in Nigeria was reckless and irresponsible.
Akosua Manu further detailed that she has never seen such a loose-talking Foreign Minister. Is he the Security Minister? Stressing that there was no purpose for Ablakwa to disclose that information.
Speaking in a recent interview on Asempa FM, Akosua Manu stated, “The recklessness and indiscretion of the Foreign Minister are unacceptable. A Foreign Minister sits at the highest level on many security boards. Some of these briefings are bound by an oath of secrecy. After hearing such information, you are expected to keep quiet. Yet he went to Chatham House and said that Ghana collaborated with the US in the Christmas bombing. Where do we say this?”
“Do you know the danger we are in by disclosing such information? ISIS could now know that we were involved in attacks against them,” she added.
“This is not the first time, and it will not be the last until we recall him. The comment was reckless and needless, and the President should have sacked him even before he reached his hotel after saying those words,” Manu added.
Her comments follow, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who indicated that Ghana played a role in the Christmas Day airstrike by the United States (US) against terrorist targets in Nigeria.
Ablakwa detailed that the airstrike by the US, which was against Islamic jihadists in Sokoto in the northern part of Nigeria, was requested by the Nigerian government.
Speaking during a panel discussion at Chatham House on March 10, 2026, Ablakwa stated, “We also take the view that any operation, any intervention must be on a case-by-case basis, and there has to be express approval. So, the recent attacks in Nigeria, the Nigerians will confirm to you that they invited the Americans, and they also reached out to Ghana to collaborate. Both the Nigerians and the Americans”.
“Sovereignty has to be respected. Territorial integrity has to be respected. You must be invited, and we must all agree on the scope of the intervention, because we do not want this to lead to another Venezuelan situation or some other, you know, geopolitical matter, because sovereignty is important, and territorial integrity is important.
“We must know exactly what the scope is, what you are coming to do, and the nature of the intervention. It’s very, very important. I mean, our citizens would not forgive us, and legitimately so, if we just, you know, take away their sovereignty and allow external elements to just come in and do whatever they want,” he said.
It will be recalled that on December 25, 2025, the US launched airstrikes against the Islamic State in Nigeria.
U.S. President Donald Trump described the airstrike as “a Christmas present.”
Earlier, Donald Trump lashed out at the mass killings of Christians in Nigeria.
According to the US president, Nigeria is a disgrace over the killing of Christians.
President Trump further described the situation in Nigeria as a “Christian genocide”.
He further hinted at stopping all aid to Nigeria over the Nigerian government’s failure to protect Christians.
Speaking in an interview with Fox News, President Trump stated, “I think Nigeria is a disgrace; the whole thing is a disgrace. They are killing people by the thousands. It is a genocide, and I am really angry about it. And we pay, you know, we give a lot of subsidies to Nigeria, we are going to end up stopping. The government has been very ineffective. They are killing Christians at will”.
He further slammed some American media outlets for not reporting on the matter.
“And you know, until I got involved two weeks ago, nobody even talked about it. The New York Times does not write stories about it,” he said.
Donald Trump had earlier labelled Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ over the Christian genocide claims.
He threatened military action in Nigeria to stop the killings, branding the country a disgrace.
The US President also accused the Nigerian government of failing to protect Christians from violence perpetrated by the Islamic extremists.
Trump further warned once again of his threat to take military action against Islamist militants in Nigeria if the government does not stop attacks on Christian communities.
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@asempa_fm Foreign Minister Okudzeto Ablakwa should have been sacked the day he exposed Ghana to potential security threats. His claim at Chatham House that Ghana collaborated with the United States on the Christmas Day bombing of armed groups in Nigeria was reckless and irresponsible. I have never seen such a loose-talking Foreign Minister. Is he the Security Minister? What was the purpose of disclosing that information? – AKOSUA MANU #Ekosiisen ♬ original sound – ASEMPA FM
@diplomatictimesghana Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has confirmed that the United States and Nigeria reached out to Ghana to collaborate on the Christmas Day strikes on ISIS targets in Sokoto State, stressing that the country retains sovereignty in its strategic defence cooperation with foreign partners. Video Credit: Chatham House
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