‘No shielding’: Fordjour warns against protecting drug-tainted officials
Calls for greater transparency are intensifying following revelations that public officials may be linked to a methamphetamine shipment worth more than $300 million that was intercepted in Australia after passing through Ghana.
The latest demand has come from Assin South MP Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, who says any official implicated in the case must be publicly identified and prosecuted if evidence supports their involvement.
His comments follow a disclosure by Interior Minister Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak that preliminary investigations into the trafficking of 320 kilograms of methamphetamine had uncovered indications that some government and public officials may have played a role in facilitating the movement of the consignment.
The development has raised fresh concerns about the possible involvement of state actors in transnational drug trafficking networks and has prompted calls for investigators to pursue the matter without political interference.
Reacting to the allegations, Rev. Ntim Fordjour warned against any attempt to protect individuals who may have abused public office to aid criminal activities.
“Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials,” he said.
He further argued that holders of public office are entrusted with protecting the national interest and should not be associated with criminal enterprises.
“You’ve been elected and appointed not to use power to operate multimillion dollar drug trafficking cartel,” he added.
While authorities have not released the identities of those under investigation, the emerging details have placed renewed focus on the government’s handling of the case and the outcome of ongoing investigations.
The Interior Ministry has indicated that inquiries are continuing as security agencies work to establish the full circumstances surrounding the shipment and determine whether any officials facilitated its movement through the country.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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