A security analyst, Col Festus Aboagye (rtd), has described NPP’s Rev John Ntim Fordjour's allegations as lacking substance and a ploy to sway Ghanaians.

He labelled the sequence of events that have characterised the allegations as a failed “April Fool’s” attempt.

Col Aboagye explained that it is cunning to set such an agenda without a correct factual basis and evidence.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Points show on April 12, 2025, he said; “And I'm saying that if this is the caliber of people who govern Ghana, then we are doomed because you don't eat 'abenkwan' [palm nut soup] and go to bed and dream and wake up and tell Ghanaians that you have intelligence that some drugs have been trafficked into the country or money has been laundered. So, that is a broad picture.”

The security analyst also tackled how the government has been responding to the issue.

He lamented the lack of transparency and proactiveness of the various institutions whose mandate is to deal with such a matter, i.e the police, the Financial Intelligence Centre, EOCO and the Narcotics Control Commission.

“And up until today, the government has been reacting to an April Fool's agenda that has been set by the Reverend Ntim Fodjour which is very unfortunate, once again because our political culture is not brief. It's not to update, it's not to inform. We keep things until we are forced, then we come and chip in something.

“But assuming that there is intelligence, I would wish, based on what I see in the media, you have a regional minister or you have a Minister of State, you have an IGP or you have a police CID boss. You have the chief or the head of Narcotics Control Commission lined up before the press. The politician will issue a political statement,” he said.

He added, “The police will come in with the criminal investigation aspects. The narcotics control will pitch in with the narcotics side. The Financial Intelligence Center or EOCO will come in with the money laundering side.”

On April 1, 2025, the Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, said the Minority caucus intercepted an intelligence indicating that an air ambulance landed in Ghana without any referral of patients.

According to them, two flights suspected to be carrying cocaine and an undisclosed amount of cash landed in Ghana between March 20 and March 25, 2025.

SSD/AE

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