NPP warns members and supporters to guard luggage at airports and seaports, alleges possible drug plants

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has issued a travel advisory urging its members, supporters and sympathisers to take extra care when passing through Ghana’s airports and seaports, claiming that people linked to the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) could try to plant drugs in their luggage.

The advisory, signed by National Vice Chairman Henry Nana Boakye, comes amid public scrutiny of how the government is handling narcotics-related cases.

The statement says the NDC and the Mahama administration are under pressure over their record on cocaine and other drugs, and alleges that some people affiliated with the NDC may go to any length to implicate innocent NPP members.

It points to recent cocaine arrests and trafficking cases involving Ghanaians abroad under the current administration. The statement offers no evidence that any NPP member has been targeted or that any such plot exists.

The party asked travellers to take these steps: