The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for the resignation of Interior Minister Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, along with the leadership of the National Anti-Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and authorities at Kotoka International Airport, after a series of cocaine consignments linked to Ghana were intercepted overseas.
The party says the seizures expose serious weaknesses in Ghana’s efforts to prevent drug trafficking and raise concerns about the effectiveness of the bodies responsible for border security, intelligence-sharing and enforcement.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, NPP Second Vice Chairman Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, said Mr Muntaka should be held accountable for the concerns surrounding Ghana’s security arrangements.
He challenged the minister’s continued position after Mr Muntaka disclosed that some foreign security agencies had become unwilling to share sensitive intelligence with their Ghanaian counterparts. Their concern, he said, was that information could be compromised by people within the system.
Nana Boakye said the reported reluctance of international partners to co-operate represented a serious loss of confidence in Ghana’s security leadership, including NACOC and officials responsible for security at the airport.
“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 in the authorities at the Accra International Airport,” he said.
The NPP specifically cited the seizure of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine by French customs officials at the Port of Dunkirk in September 2026.
The drugs were found in a container declared as carrying plastic waste from Ghana. Their estimated street value was about €225 million, or approximately US$261 million.
French authorities reportedly intercepted the consignment on September 10. Investigations that followed indicated that it could be connected to an international drug trafficking network.
The NPP said the Dunkirk seizure was further evidence of a wider pattern involving consignments allegedly connected to Ghana. It argued that the repeated interceptions required those leading the country’s security and anti-narcotics institutions to accept responsibility.
The party’s demand includes accountability from Mr Muntaka, NACOC’s leadership and the authorities overseeing security operations at Ghana’s main international airport.
