The Ranking Member of the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, Rev John Ntim Fordjour has said that Ghana cannot be allowed to be suddenly turned into a hub for cocaine and money laundering.
The Member of Parliament for Assin South accused the Mahama government of failing to provide responses to the status of the 12 containers filled with gold and currencies confiscated by the National Security on February 9.
Also, he said, the government has failed to provide responses on the status of investigations made into the high-profile cocaine busts totaling some $500 million ($350m and $150m).
Ntim Fordjour said these while denying a cliam by the President’s Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu that he failed to honour an invitation by officials of a security agency.
He dared Mr Ofosu to show evidence of any such invitation.
“Kwakye Ofosu lied when he claimed I’ve been invited by security agencies and failed to attend upon their invitation. No security or intelligence agency has ever invited me to assist them with any information. I dare Kwakye Ofosu to produce a copy of such invitation. I’m still waiting on them to collaborate with me in Parliament to undertake President Mahama’s directive, if the directive was not mere rhetorics,” he posted on X in response to a post by the Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications.
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Mr Kwakye Ofosu said upon President John Mahama’s directive that the security agencies should engage Rev Fordjour for more information, the latter has varied his assertion.
“I can report to you that because he knew he was peddling total falsehoods and lies, he now claims after being invited to assist with investigations that he was speaking on behalf of the committee that he was part of. And that the views he expressed were not his personal views. So, because of that he says he is unable to cooperate with the security agencies,” the President’s spokesperson said.
In reaction, the Assin South MP said, “When I wrote to call for Joint Security briefing which would have afforded the security and intelligence agencies the opportunity to collaborate with me and to share further information with them and receive their updates on investigations conducted into the specific cases, NDC Parliamentary Caucus and the government BLOCKED the briefing and shielded the security and intelligence agencies from accountability and denied them the opportunity to collaborate with me. What are they hiding?”
“Whereas Kwakye Ofosu confirmed my claims of the entry and departure of the two suspicious flights as true, the reasons provided by Kwakye Ofosu in respect of their purpose of entry are incoherent, questionable and cannot be taken seriously. The government has since failed to provide responses to the status of the 12 containers filled with gold and currencies confiscated by the National Security on February 9,” he stressed on April 3.
Rev Fordjour alleged that “The government has also failed to provide responses on the status of investigations made into the high-profile cocaine busts totaling some $500 million ($350m and $150m).”
“In view of the above, and the disingenuous response from Government Spokesperson, they are bent on hiding information and evading accountability. Our country cannot be allowed to be suddenly turned into a hub for cocaine and money laundering. They must come again,” he signed off the post.