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Home » NPP’s Lawuratu apologises to Sekondi MP over $350m cocaine smuggling accusation

NPP’s Lawuratu apologises to Sekondi MP over $350m cocaine smuggling accusation

johnmahamaBy johnmahamaApril 14, 2025 Ghana News No Comments3 Mins Read
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NDC MP Blay Nyameke Armah (L) and Lawuratu Musah-Saaka NDC MP Blay Nyameke Armah (L) and Lawuratu Musah-Saaka

New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator, Lawuratu Musah-Saaka, has rendered an apology for the cocaine smuggling allegation she made against the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi, Blay Nyameke Armah.

The NPP communicator had accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP of possessing 3,000 kilograms of cocaine valued at $350 million and of being involved in multinational drug trafficking, during an interview on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana.

She also implied that Armah’s son had been arrested in connection with the alleged illicit activities, and that Armah himself had fled to a neighbouring country to evade arrest.

Speaking on the same programme on Monday, April 14, 2025, Musah-Saaka begged for forgiveness and retracted her statement.

She indicated that she got it wrong with the allegations she made.

She explained that she had wrongly mentioned the NDC parliamentary candidate for 2024 when her intention was to refer to the NDC parliamentary candidate for 2020.

“In the discussion… I did not mention a name. I said ‘parliamentary candidate for Sekondi’, but in the heat of the argument, which happens to all of us, instead of saying 2020, I said 2024.

“And I must put this on record: by my upbringing, by my training, and what I believe in and stand for, I’m not above retracting and apologising for a mistake I genuinely made… I retract the bit about 2024. I didn’t mention a name. I said ‘parliamentary candidate’. In mentioning 2020, I said 2024,” she said.

Her reaction and apology come after Blay Nyameke Armah sued her and Metro TV over the allegations.

He filed a defamation lawsuit in the High Court of Justice, Accra, against three defendants: Ignite Media Group, the Jospong Group of Companies, and Lawuratu Musah-Saaka.

According to the writ, these allegations have severely damaged the plaintiff’s reputation as a lawyer, businessman, and parliamentary candidate.

The claims, he said, have also caused him emotional distress and subjected him to public ridicule, as reported by citinewsroom.com.

Armah contends that the accusations were fabricated, baseless, and intended to portray him as the leader of a criminal organisation.

In his suit, Armah seeks several legal remedies, including:

A declaration that the statements made by the first defendant were false, malicious, and defamatory;

A retraction and public apology by the defendants, issued with the same level of prominence as the original defamatory content;

A perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from publishing further defamatory statements;

General, aggravated, punitive, and compensatory damages totalling GH₵10,000,000.00;

Legal costs and any other relief the court deems appropriate.

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