The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, citing concerns over Ghana’s handling of suspected drug trafficking activities and the growing number of cocaine consignments intercepted abroad.
The party says the repeated seizures of suspected narcotics shipments linked to Ghana point to weaknesses in the country’s anti-drug trafficking efforts and raise questions about the effectiveness of the security agencies responsible for border surveillance and enforcement.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, NPP Second Vice Chairman Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, said the Interior Minister should take responsibility for the concerns surrounding Ghana’s security and intelligence-sharing arrangements.
He particularly questioned Mr Muntaka’s continued stay in office following his disclosure that some foreign security partners had become reluctant to share sensitive intelligence with Ghanaian counterparts over fears that information could be compromised by individuals within the system.
Nana Boakye argued that such concerns reflected a loss of confidence in the country’s security leadership, including the National Anti-Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and authorities at the Kotoka International Airport.
“For the French seizure, I am still amazed why Muntaka is still at post. In fact, the Interior Minister himself, on TV, made it public that the French authorities are saying that they don’t have confidence in their Ghanaian counterparts, so they are not going to share any information with them because they are of the belief that government officials are complicit in this matter.
“That alone is a vote of no confidence in Muntaka. That alone is a vote of no confidence in the leadership at NACOC and that alone is a vote of no confidence in the authorities at the Accra International Airport,” he said.
The NPP also pointed to the seizure of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine by French customs authorities at the Port of Dunkirk in September 2026 as evidence of the concerns it has raised.
The consignment, estimated to have a street value of about €225 million, equivalent to approximately US$261 million, was discovered in a container declared as carrying plastic waste from Ghana.
French authorities reportedly intercepted the shipment on September 10, with subsequent investigations pointing to possible links to an international drug trafficking network.
The party maintains that the series of interceptions involving consignments allegedly linked to Ghana demands accountability from the leadership of the country’s security and anti-narcotics institutions.
