NPP lawyer demands names of officials in narcotics probe

Convener of Save the Republic and member of the NPP Communications Team, Kwesi Botchway Jnr, has demanded that the government immediately name the officials it says are under investigation for allegedly facilitating the movement of narcotics, questioning why no suspensions, arrests or public disclosures have followed. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 and sighted on X, Botchway referenced statements by the Interior Minister to Parliament that some government officials were involved in facilitating a major narcotics shipment to Australia. “Have they been suspended? Have they been arrested? And most importantly, why has government not named them? The minister categorically mentioned that government officials are under investigation for facilitating the shipment of narcotics to Australia. And so why have these persons not been named? We are asking this question, and we demand answers. If the government has cleared them, they should just tell us,” he said. Main suspect behind $260m cocaine shipment from Ghana to France arrested Botchway described the continued silence as unacceptable. “It is unacceptable for government to tell parliament that some people within the system were involved in a narcotics shipment of this magnitude and then retreat behind the excuse that investigations are ongoing. Ongoing investigations cannot become a permanent hiding place for politically inconvenient information,” he added. He further criticised what he called an inconsistent approach to public communication on legal matters. “We find the government’s posture in this matter particularly troubling because we live in a realm and dispensation where senior government officials such as the attorney general have developed the appetite of repeatedly announcing to the public cases that he is conducting in court and cases that he intends to conduct in court." "...And so what has now been the difficulty of government communicating the names of its very own officials who the government claims are under investigation for facilitating narcotic movements?” 'Ignorant' - President Mahama jabs Paul Yandoh over 'soldiers leaving war to construct road' comment Botchway stressed the need for equal treatment, saying that: “It is important that the Ghanaian people know you cannot have the appetite of announcing political opponents facing trial and develop the deficient appetite for not announcing government officials or your very own people involved in facilitating the transit of narcotic drugs.” He continued: “We demand transparency. We demand fairness. We demand that the government names these people so that the Ghanaian people must know them.” The remarks form part of growing pressure on the government following a series of high-value narcotics seizures linked to Ghana both at home and abroad. Watch video of his remarks below. VKB/AM “I’m a Single Mother, I Sell Pure Water to Care for Him” – Woman Cries Over Son’s School Placement Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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