The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the Minister for the Interior to identify and prosecute any government officials allegedly linked to an international drug trafficking operation following the reported seizure of methamphetamine worth about $300 million in Australia.
In a post on social media, Rev. Ntim Fordjour said any public official found to have facilitated the trafficking of narcotics should face the full force of the law, stressing that no one should be shielded because of their position.
“Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials,” he wrote.
He further argued that elected and appointed officials have a duty to serve the public and must not abuse their offices to engage in criminal activities.
“You’ve been elected and appointed not to use power to operate multimillion dollar drug trafficking cartel,” he added.
His remarks come less than 24 hours after the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, disclosed before Parliament’s Committee on Government Assurance that preliminary investigations into the trafficking of 320 kilograms of methamphetamine, valued at more than $300 million, had uncovered the possible involvement of some government and public officials.
According to the Minister, investigators are examining allegations that the officials may have facilitated the movement of the consignment through Ghana before it was intercepted in Australia.
