NPP’s Communications Director, Richard Ahiagbah, has urged government to allow professionals to speak on the controversy surrounding the two suspicious flights that landed in Accra last month.
According to him, the matter would be better addressed by state bodies such as the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) rather than the Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
In a social media post on Monday, April 7, Mr. Ahiagbah questioned whether the government is attempting to shield any information from the public.
“What is the government afraid of? President John Dramani Mahama should allow NACOC—the professionals—to address the cargo on the two aircraft and also inform Ghanaians about the developments regarding the earlier arrests involving drugs, gold, and currency.
“Let the professionals speak. It is their responsibility, not that of my brother Felix Kwakye Ofosu,” he wrote.
His comments come in the wake of a press conference held by the Minority Caucus in Parliament on Wednesday, during which Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, MP for Assin South, called on the National Security Ministry to disclose the cargo contents of Air Med Flight N823AM and Cavok Air Antonov 12B.
He alleged that the flights, which landed in Ghana in March, may have carried illicit substances and large sums of cash, and urged full disclosure and accountability from the authorities.
However, Felix Kwakye Ofosu dismissed the claims, stating that the flights—one a cargo aircraft and the other a medical flight—had legitimate reasons for landing in Ghana and were cleared by security agencies after thorough inspections found no illegal items on board.
The Spokesperson to the President has since urged the Assin South MP to either provide evidence to support his claims or face arrest.
