Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan, the Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South has stated the Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour has no intelligence in connection with his allegations.
According to Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan who serves as the deputy majority leader, Ntim Fordjour’s claim poses a security risk and betrays the oath of secrecy lawmakers are made to take on committees in Parliament.
Speaking on Pan African TV, the deputy majority leader stated, “I’m on the Committee on Defence and Interior in Parliament. Though, it is my first time on a committee that deals with security matters; I can tell that Ntim Fordjour’s allegations were from the briefing that we received at a meeting”.
“In that meeting, we swore an oath. There were a number of things that was said. I sat there for a while and thought that too much information was being given at the committee. But then again, I thought, where else could he share such critical matters of national security, but at the committee”.
He added, “The minister at one point said that he knows we’ve all sworn an oath of secrecy. I discussed with one person on the committee that just as the minister gave us the information, he (Ntim Fordjour) could have done same”.
“Ntim Fordjour has no intelligence in connection with his allegations; as he has made the public to believe. Being a partisan person who wanted to shine in his space, he picked one or two things from the meeting and embellished it.
“He added some things that do not relate to anything that we were told on the committee; that is why he is at the place where he cannot bring evidence to back his claims. Looking at how he is being chased around by the NIB, he would have brought evidence, if he had any,” he boldly stated.
Rev John Ntim Fordjour in a press conference alleged that two suspicious flights AirMed Flight N823AM and Cavok Air Antonov An-12B recently landed at Kotoka International Airport from Gran Canaria, a location known for drug trafficking and money laundering. Intelligence suggests these flights carried suspected cocaine and cash.
Despite government communication clarifying the issues surrounding the alleged suspicious flight the member of parliament still insists on his position that the government is hiding something.
