New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator Solomon Kusi Appiah has raised serious concerns over recent cocaine-related controversies, alleging that the successful movement of large quantities of narcotics from Ghana points to possible complicity or failures within the country’s security system.
In a studio discussion at Kessben Maakye show in Accra, Kusi Appiah insisted, if a full container of narcotics could allegedly leave Ghana before being intercepted in France, then questions must be asked about how the consignment was able to pass through Ghana’s security structures and whether some officials facilitated its movement.
“If a full container of narcotics was able to be shipped from Ghana and was arrested in France, then some officials have a hand in it,” he alleged.
Kusi Appiah, who has previously been identified publicly as a member of the NPP’s communications team, argued that the Akufo-Addo administration left behind a robust security system designed to make it difficult for cocaine traffickers to operate.
He claimed that drug dealers have now realised that the system is “porous,” which, in his view, explains the growing number of narcotics cases being recorded.
He further accused the current NDC administration of failing to maintain the security structures it inherited.
Kusi Appiah also questioned whether President John Mahama has sufficient control over the system, while accusing the NDC government of failing to live up to its obligations to Ghanaians.
He further challenged the NDC over its response to the cocaine controversy, asking when the party came to the conclusion that narcotics trafficking should be treated as a national concern rather than an issue for partisan political attacks.
According to him, the growing international attention surrounding cocaine cases allegedly connected to Ghana risks damaging the country’s reputation abroad.
“NDC has destroyed the reputation of Ghana, and it is not good,” he alleged.
The claims concerning government officials’ involvement and the circumstances surrounding the alleged narcotics shipment remain allegations in Kusi Appiah’s remarks and are not established as fact here.
By Maurice Otoo
