$300 Million Meth Bust: 'We will resist any attempt to shield officials' - Ntim Fordjour

Member of Parliament for Assin South, John Ntim Fordjour, has signalled to the government that any attempts to cover up for officials implicated in the ongoing investigation into a methamphetamine shipment intercepted in Australia will be fiercely resisted.

Reacting to disclosures by the Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, Ntim Fordjour said there should be no attempt to shield any government official found to have been involved in drug trafficking.

"Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials. You've been elected and appointed not to use power to operate multimillion dollar drug trafficking cartel," Fordjour wrote in a post on X on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

His comments follow revelations by Muntaka that preliminary investigations into the intercepted methamphetamine shipment had uncovered possible internal collusion involving some government officials.

Government officials under investigation for Australia-bound meth bust - Muntaka

Appearing before Parliament's Committee on Assurances on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, the interior minister disclosed that investigators were interrogating several government officials over their suspected roles in facilitating the movement of the illicit drugs through Ghana's security systems.

According to him, investigators had identified inconsistencies in the case, raising suspicions that individuals within the country's security architecture may have manipulated procedures at entry and exit points to aid the trafficking operation.

"We were still interrogating a lot of government officials even as of yesterday. There is a lot that is not adding up. You will see that there's some involvement of some people within the system, and we are working to reach as many people as possible, who we think might have played one role or the other," Muntaka told the committee.

He added that although Ghana had invested in security equipment, technology alone could not prevent drug trafficking if personnel responsible for operating the systems were compromised.

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Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials. You’ve been elected and appointed not to use power to operate multimillion dollar drug trafficking cartel. https://t.co/R4McvUHk8W

— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) July 8, 2026

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