AirMed ‘Cocaine’ Scandal: This Is Just A Deliberate Attempt By NPP To Take Ghanaians’ Minds Off Their Crimes – ASEPA Boss

Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson has castigated Assin South lawmaker and Minority’s Ranking Member on Defence and Interior Committee in Parliament, John Ntim Fordjour over his exposé involving two flights which arrived in Ghana under suspicious circumstances.

Rev. Ntim Fordjour alleged that the aircraft, AirMed flight N823AM, and Cavok Air’s Antonov An-12B, a cargo plane, which arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in March may have been used to smuggle cocaine.

In respect of these allegations, some armed personnel clad in NIB uniforms and wearing masks besieged Ntim Fordjour’s residence in an attempt to arrest him.

However, they failed to arrest the Member of Parliament as his party, the New Patriotic Party’s leadership and Minority Caucus led by Alexander Afenyo-Markin swarmed into the residence to show solidarity with their leading member.

Reacting to the incident, Mensah Thompson found Ntim Fordjour’s attitude and the posture of the Minority very unacceptable.

He questioned the logic behind Ntim Fordjour making his allegations in public meanwhile he is a Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee who, to Mensah Thompson, could have summoned the relevant security stakeholders before Parliament to tell the mission of the aircraft to Ghana.

“If truly, it is not unnecessary allegations and cover-up and trying to change public discourse in this matter or public narrative and truly, truly, they are interested in getting close on this matter…Ntim Fordjour could have, through the committee,…summoned the National Security Minister, could have summoned the Minister for Defence, could have summoned the MD of Ghana Airport Company to come and tell them (Parliament) what those flights came to do in Ghana”, he said.

He blasted the lawmaker and the opposition New Patriotic Party, stressing what has become widely known as AirMed cocaine scandal is merely a “deliberate ploy” by the Minority “to take the nation’s attention from their crimes while in government that are now coming up”.

Source: Ghmessenger.com