{"id":350286,"date":"2025-05-24T05:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/05\/24\/security-operatives-now-political-pawns-under-mahama-govt-npps-salam-mustapha\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T05:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:56:06","slug":"security-operatives-now-political-pawns-under-mahama-govt-npps-salam-mustapha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/05\/24\/security-operatives-now-political-pawns-under-mahama-govt-npps-salam-mustapha\/","title":{"rendered":"Security operatives now political pawns under Mahama gov\u2019t \u2013 NPP&#8217;s Salam Mustapha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/339\/33963382.295.jpg\" alt=\"Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organizer of NPP and President John Mahama\" title=\"Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organizer of NPP and President John Mahama\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organizer of NPP and President John Mahama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The National Youth Organiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has accused the current John Dramani Mahama administration of misusing the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, since the National Democratic Congress (NDC) took over power, security operatives have been deployed in ways that raise serious concerns.<\/p>\n<p>His comments follow the arrest of Alfred Ababio Kumi, popularly known as Adenta Kumi, in a dawn raid carried out by eight armed operatives of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on Friday, May 23, 2025.at his residence. <\/p>\n<p>Kumi recently petitioned President John Mahama to dissolve the committee probing the removal of the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The former parliamentary candidate for Adenta on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), cited allegations of misconduct in his petition, which he believes could compromise the integrity of the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that on May 15, 2025, after the committee\u2019s inaugural sitting, Justices Pwamang and Adibu-Asiedu, along with Supreme Court Justice Yonny Kulendi, were seen dining with Thaddeus Sory\u2014counsel for petitioner Daniel Ofori\u2014at Santoku Restaurant in Accra\u2019s Airport Residential Area.<\/p>\n<p>Kumi claimed they were overheard discussing matters related to the petition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Channel1 TV, Salam Mustapha argued that the once-revered security apparatus has lost its credibility and respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he [Kumi] were arrested on criminal charges, it would have concerned us. But once it is frivolous and trumped up, you understand that there is no value in it. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I shudder to think that one of the most respected and finest security institutions\u2014the NIB\u2014has been reduced to a political pawn used by the government to target political opponents,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">&#8220;Security Operatives Now Political Pawns Under Current Gov\u2019t\u201d \u2013 Salam Mustapha Alleges<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview here: https:\/\/t.co\/jKDvQ9JcgF<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CitiNewsroom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CitiNewsroom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7bxnSPjeeJ\">pic.twitter.com\/7bxnSPjeeJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CITI FM 97.3 (@Citi973) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Citi973\/status\/1926099482757714067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>KA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organizer of NPP and President John Mahama The National Youth Organiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has accused the current John Dramani Mahama administration of misusing the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB). According to him, since the National Democratic Congress (NDC) took over power, security operatives have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":350287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-350286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Security operatives now political pawns under Mahama gov\u2019t \u2013 NPP&#039;s Salam Mustapha - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/05\/24\/security-operatives-now-political-pawns-under-mahama-govt-npps-salam-mustapha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Security operatives now political pawns under Mahama gov\u2019t \u2013 NPP&#039;s Salam Mustapha - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organizer of NPP and President John Mahama The National Youth Organiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has accused the current John Dramani Mahama administration of misusing the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB). 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