NIB Officials Besiege Ntim Fordjour’s Residence Amid Drug Smuggling Controversy

• National Intelligence Bureau officials have besiege the residence of Assin South MP John Ntim Fordjour to make an arrest
• The Minority Leader, Alex Afenyo-Markin, made his way to Fordjour's residence during the incident
• The Assin South MP has been in the limelight because of drug smuggling and money laundering claims he has made

Officials of the National Intelligence Bureau(NIB) have besieged the residence of Assin South MP John Ntim Fordjour to arrest him.

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, also sounded alarm about the security presence on social media.

Frimpong posted #SayNoToStateIntimidation amid the security operation on April 9.

Citi News also shared a video of the security personnel at the residence in Accra.

In light of these events, a political analyst, Reindolph Afrifa-Oware, also expressed concern to YEN.com.gh that the “resetting agenda' may have been less about systemic reform and more about settling personal scores, revenge, and bitterness.”

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The Minority Leader, Alex Afenyo-Markin, later made his way to the scene and suggested that some dialogue would be taking place.

The operation comes after the Assin South MP flagged alleged drug smuggling and money laundering activities involving two suspicious flights.

He noted the recent disruption of some smuggling operations by National Security as justification for his concerns.

The government and Fordjour have been clashing because of the drug smuggling claims.

The government maintains that the MP has been spreading lies about the purported suspicious aircraft that landed at the Kotoka International Airport.

Fordjour has voiced concern about illicit activities following a drug seizure with a purported street value of $350 million.

The minority held a press conference and said it was concerned that the government had not updated the public on certain smuggling and drug cases.

Earlier warnings given Ntim Fordjour

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Before today, the Deputy Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Alexander Twum Barimah, urged Fordjour, to fully cooperate with the Commission and other security agencies in investigations into his allegations.

Barimah encouraged the MP to provide all relevant information to help resolve the saga.

Following Fordjour's non-cooperation, Barimah warned that an arrest attempt was imminent.

“If he [Fordjour] goes on the path he is going, he will leave us with no option but to go for him. Because you are refusing to come to us. We have communicated through the channels to get you to come to us, but you said you have not been invited. He said on another platform that he is not going to appear even if we call him.”

The Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, on April 8 disclosed that the National Intelligence Bureau was awaiting approval from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to release the Fordjour, to assist with investigations into allegations of drug trafficking and money laundering.

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Mahama orders probe into smuggling claims

YEN.com.gh reported that President John Mahama directed a probe into the drug smuggling claims.

Mahama has instructed relevant security agencies to collaborate with the Assin South MP on the matter.

The president cited the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), the Police CID, the National Investigations Bureau (NIB), and the National Security Coordinator in his order.

Source: YEN.com.gh