NDC Government Using Ghana Jollof Arrests and Intimidation to Cover Cocaine Saga – Nana B

NPP National First Vice Chairman hopeful Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has accused the NDC government of using arrests and what he described as intimidation surrounding the Ghana Jollof case to divert attention from the ongoing cocaine saga.

Speaking with Kwame Tanko on the Ghana Se Sen Show on Lawson TV/Radio, Nana B said the NPP’s decision to hold its presidential primary early was one of the most critical decisions that helped preserve the party’s unity.

According to him, some NPP members initially criticised the decision to organise the presidential primary early, but he believes subsequent developments have demonstrated the importance of the move.

He said the party’s reorganisation has since progressed without the internal wrangling that could have emerged if the presidential contest had remained unresolved.

Nana B argued that if the NPP had delayed its presidential primary, the ongoing cocaine controversy could have created divisions within the party over how members should respond to the issue.

“If we didn’t vote that early, now that there is the cocaine saga under the NDC government, there would have been a fight among the NPP members to cover it,” he said.

He further alleged that the government was using developments surrounding the Ghana Jollof case to distract attention from the cocaine controversy.

His comments come amid ongoing legal proceedings involving Salomey Awiti Bafoh, a nurse accused of allegedly aiding UK-based TikToker Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, popularly known as Ghana Jollof, to publish and circulate false news. Salomey has pleaded not guilty, and the High Court recently denied her bail while investigations continue.

The Ghana Police Service has also declared Barbara Asantewaa Kodua wanted over allegations relating to the publication and circulation of false news. Police say investigations established that she and Salomey were friends and that there were interactions and money transfers between them.

Nana B also referred to the September 23 incident involving Manhyia South MP and lawyer Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah at the Accra High Court, describing it as part of what he considers intimidation.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), however, said its attempted arrest of the MP was connected to an ongoing investigation and followed two earlier invitations issued to him in February. The arrest was not completed after the situation escalated at the court premises.

Nana B maintained that despite the arrests and other developments surrounding the Ghana Jollof case, the cocaine controversy could not be covered up.

He also pointed to Parliament’s scheduled extraordinary sitting on Tuesday, September 29, saying lawmakers were expected to consider the cocaine-related concerns and calls for parliamentary scrutiny.

Speaker Alban Bagbin has summoned Parliament to reconvene on September 29 amid calls for parliamentary scrutiny of recent narcotics seizures linked to Ghana.

Nana B described the cocaine controversy as an international embarrassment and insisted that the issues surrounding the case must be subjected to proper scrutiny.