Kwaku Sintim-Misa, popularly known as KSM, a Ghanaian satirist, social commentator and talk show host, has questioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour over their claim that they have intelligence suggesting the existence of a cocaine manufacturing hub in Ghana.
KSM questioned the nature of the intelligence, asking why information about the alleged facility had reportedly not been shared with the country’s security agencies to enable them to investigate and take appropriate action.
He further challenged the NPP and Nana Agyei Baffour to explain whether it would be reasonable to withhold such potentially critical information if the intelligence was credible and could assist security agencies in locating and dismantling the alleged facility.
Speaking on the KSM Show on September 25, 2026, KSM stated, “If you have intelligence that, in this country, we are manufacturing cocaine, first of all, my question is this: What kind of intelligence is this? Is it an intelligence agency that reports only to the party in opposition?
“Because I am thinking that if this intelligence is around and available, why are they not reporting it to NACOC, National Security? You have intelligence leading to this, and yet, folks, you are withholding the intelligence. Is it sensible? I am just asking a very simple question,” KSM said.
“If it is a fact, truth, that there are drug hubs and you are pursuing, then go all the way out. Is the intelligence so powerful and so credible that it cannot work with National Security, NACOC, and say, ‘This is where the hub for production is,’ and then we move in and go and bust in Rambo style, like they do everywhere in the world? That is how you fight the drug menace,” he noted.
KSM’s comments come amid growing calls for clarity over the claims and the evidence supporting the alleged existence of a cocaine manufacturing hub in the country.
Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South has clarified his earlier comments he made about claims that cocaine is being manufactured in Ghana.
According to the Manhyia South lawmaker, he did not make the claim as his own during an interview with Citi FM.
He disclosed that he only repeated a position earlier presented by the party’s National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye.
In a statement issued on his Facebook post, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah stated, “My attention has been drawn to several stories online suggesting that in an interview I granted to Citi FM on September 22, 2026, I personally alleged that cocaine is being manufactured in Ghana.
“It is worth noting that in the said interview, I only reiterated the position of my party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), as delivered by its National Organiser in a press conference held on September 22, 2026”.
“It is also worthy of note that I made it clear that the party’s position, as highlighted in the press conference by the National Organiser, was informed by intelligence the party receives,” he said.
“It is crucial to recognise that the NPP is a formidable party and certainly let no one underestimate the intelligence available to the NPP,” he added.
Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah’s clarification comes after reports suggested that he had personally alleged that cocaine was being manufactured in Ghana.
According to Nana Agyei Baffour, Ghana is not only a transit point for cocaine smuggling, but there is some level of manufacturing ongoing in the country.
Speaking in an interview on Citi FM on Tuesday, the NPP MP, when asked whether his party’s claim was “theory or a fact”, stated, “Fact based on intelligence.”
“There’s some degree, some level of manufacturing in here… It’s a fact based on intelligence… Don’t underestimate the New Patriotic Party as a major political party. People give us information,” he added.
The NPP legislator added, “It is on this basis that an enquiry is very necessary, because if it is established, like we have been informed by way of our intelligence, that indeed there is a manufacturing hub in this country, then it’s a very serious matter.
“If it is also established that indeed there is an importation, it is also equally a very serious matter,” he said.
When pushed to disclose the location of the hub, Nana Agyei Baffour disclosed that he couldn’t do so publicly.
The MP also refused to state whether the NPP had informed the nation’s security apparatus about its intelligence.
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