The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has accused President John Dramani Mahama of weak leadership over recent cocaine busts linked to Ghana.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, September 22, 2026, Nana Boakye, also known as Nana B, demanded the dismissal of officials he said are responsible for the lapses in the country’s drug interdiction chain.
He criticised President Mahama for convening a meeting at the Jubilee House and directing security agencies to tighten operations, instead of taking punitive action.
“They have relaxed on their duties. They must be sacked. Yet the president calls for a meeting. Nothing happens. We voted for leadership, not weak leadership,” he said.
According to him, about nine officials should have been relieved of their duties, given the scale of the seizures and international interceptions recorded in recent months.
“What His Excellency the President is exhibiting is weak leadership. His Excellency the President spoke tough. He was going to crack the whip. Today, he cannot crack the whip. He is rather pampering the activities of illicit drugs,” he added.
Nana B cited two major interceptions in March 2025 to support his claim. He said a tipper truck was intercepted at Pedu Junction in Cape Coast on March 4, 2025, carrying over 3.3 tonnes of cocaine concealed under sand while travelling from the Western region to Accra, with an estimated street value of about $350 million.
He also referenced another truck intercepted on the Takoradi – Cape Coast highway in the same month, carrying about 120 slabs of cocaine valued at about $150 million. Together, he said, the two seizures amounted to about 4.5 tonnes of cocaine.
The NPP National Organiser further revisited the controversy over two aircraft that landed at the Accra International Airport in March 2025 -Air Med Flight N823AM and a Cavok Air Antonov 12B -whose cargo was questioned by the Minority in Parliament.
The Minority, led by Assin South MP, John Ntim Fordjour, had called for investigations into the contents of the aircraft. Government, however, rejected the allegations.
Government Communication officials said the aircraft had legitimate reasons for being in Ghana, while the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) said security checks did not detect any illicit substances.
Boakye alleged that the government attempted to arrest Ntim Fordjour after he raised the matter. “In fact, they dispatched national security operatives to go and arrest Honourable Ntim Fordjour. An MP who blew the whistle,” he said.
President Mahama had earlier directed NACOC, the Police CID, the National Intelligence Bureau and the National Security Coordinator to collaborate with Ntim Fordjour to investigate the aircraft allegations.
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