A communication team member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ibrahim Ali, has issued a bold personal challenge, vowing to resign from the party if the government fails to arrest the Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, over alleged drug trafficking claims.

Speaking on Neat FM on April 11, 2025, Ibrahim Ali claimed that intelligence he has obtained from within the party and through National Security sources suggests that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament will be arrested in the coming week.

He stressed that if the arrest and detention do not materialise, he will relinquish his position as a party communicator and resign from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

“If we fail to invite, arrest and detain Ntim Fordjour within next week, I will resign as a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communications team. I’m repeating it that I, Ibrahim Ali, from what I know and the intelligence I’ve picked within our party and the National Security, if by the whole of next week, this man (Ntim Fordjour) is either not invited to the NIB or arrested and put behind cells, I will resign from the NDC,” he boldly declared.

Ibrahim, visibly frustrated by the ongoing controversy and the government's entanglement in alleged drug trafficking claims, urged the authorities to employ all available means to apprehend Rev John Ntim Fordjour.

According to him, the arrest of the lawmaker would serve as a deterrent to others in Parliament who make serious allegations against the government without substantiating them with evidence.

“I know what I’m talking about. He is here tickling himself laughing. By hook or crook next week, any means or approach we will adopt to arrest him to teach him a lesson, we will do it. This should serve as a deterrent to other MPs who talk anyhow without any evidence,” he added.

Meanwhile, the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) officials on April 9, 2025, engaged in a standoff with the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev Ntim Fordjour in an attempt to effect his arrest.

According to Government Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the standoff erupted because Rev Fordjour refused to cooperate.

“NIB officials are currently at Ntim Fordjour’s residence. They have arrest warrant. He is refusing to cooperate. They have given him time to cooperate, failing which they will act,” he said.



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