The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday called for the resignation of the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, over a series of reported drug seizures in Ghana and other countries involving consignments allegedly linked to the country.
According to the party, the repeated interceptions of suspected narcotics shipments, particularly cocaine, at various international destinations raise serious questions about the effectiveness of Ghana’s anti-drug trafficking measures and the ability of its security institutions to prevent illicit substances from passing through the country’s borders.
Speaking at a press conference in the national capital, NPP’s Second Vice Chairman, Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, said the Interior Minister’s own disclosures about concerns among foreign security partners should be sufficient grounds for his removal from office.
Nana Boakye cited comments by the Interior Minister that some foreign counterparts were becoming hesitant to share sensitive intelligence with their Ghanaian counterparts over concerns that information could be compromised by insiders.
According to him, the development had weakened confidence in Ghana’s security architecture and questioned why the minister remained in office despite the concerns.
“For the French seizure, I am still amazed why Muntaka is still at post. In fact, the Interior Minister himself, on TV, made it public that the French authorities are saying that they don’t have confidence in their Ghanaian counterparts so they are not going to share any information with them because they are of the belief that government officials are complicit in this matter.
“That alone is a vote of no confidence in Muntaka. That alone is a vote of no confidence in the leadership at NACOC and that alone is a vote of no confidence on the authorities at the Accra International Airport,” he said.
One of the major incidents cited by the NPP was the seizure of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine by French customs authorities at the Port of Dunkirk in September 2026.
The consignment, estimated to have a street value of about €225 million, equivalent to approximately US$261 million, was discovered in a container declared as carrying plastic waste from Ghana.
French authorities reportedly intercepted the shipment on September 10, with subsequent investigations pointing to possible links between the consignment and an international drug trafficking network. Enditem
