National Organiser of the NPP, Henry Nana Boakye has accused the government of failing to prevent Ghana from being used as a transit point for illicit drugs, alleging that traffickers have established clandestine laboratories in the country.
He made the allegation at a press conference organised by the opposition NPP on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, amid investigations into recent narcotics trafficking cases linked to Ghana.
He alleged that the facilities were being used to process narcotics for export and accused some government officials of facilitating their movement out of the country.
“These drug lords, they have established basic laboratories here for processing of illicit drugs and narcotics under the watch of President Mahama,” he said.
“And it appears that he doesn’t care.”
He claimed the alleged local processing was responsible for repeated seizures of drugs linked to Ghana in other countries.
“That is the reason why volumes of drugs traced to Ghana keep surfacing in the folds of ships and the luggage of passengers in Sydney, Dunkirk and Johannesburg,” he said.
Nana Boakye further alleged that some government officials were facilitating the movement of narcotics out of the country.
French customs aithoirities seized almost 3.9 tonnes of cocaine concealed in a container carrying plastic waste from Ghana. Four Ghanaian nationals have been charged and remanded in connection with the shipment, while a fifth suspect, Dutch national Jos Leijdekkers, is reported to be at large.
Nana Boakye also referred to the cocaine case involving Nayele Ametefe during the previous Mahama administration, arguing that it reflected what he described as a recurring pattern under the NDC administration.
“Ghanaians have not forgotten the Naa Ayele Ametefe scandal under the first Mahama administration where this drug trafficker was afforded the courtesy of the VVIP wing at the Kotoka International Airport before her arrest at Heathrow with cocaine in her bags,” he said.
“Today, under the second Mahama term, the same pattern has resurfaced. The same process has remained, and it has grown to be much worse,” he said.
Nana Boakye also referred to recent drug interceptions, saying reports reaching the NPP indicated that at least four major interceptions had occurred in connection with Ghana.
“Some within our borders, others involving Ghanaians and Ghana-linked consignments intercepted abroad,” he said.
“This is not an isolated embarrassment; it is a pattern. And patterns demand accountability.”
