Nana B questions credibility of Mahama’s cocaine probe, “What proper report are you expecting from them”

New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye has raised concerns about the credibility of an investigation ordered into the recent cocaine seizure, arguing that the security officials involved in overseeing the consignment may face a conflict of interest.

Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, questioned whether the agencies tasked with investigating the incident could produce an impartial report if some of their officials were involved in supervising the shipment’s movement.

His concerns followed suggestions that the cocaine consignment seized in France may have passed through a standard scanning process before being diverted through another route and subsequently loaded onto a vessel.

“Yesterday someone was telling me that with the tonnes of cocaine seized in France, it is possible it was passed through the normal scanning point but ushered through a certain place unto the ship, and it is possible,” he said.

Nana B said this possibility made him question President John Dramani Mahama’s decision to direct the country’s security agencies to investigate the circumstances surrounding the seizure and submit their findings within two weeks.

“That is why I was worried when President Mahama asked the security agencies to go and investigate the bust and within two weeks bring their report,” he said.

He argued that officials who were responsible for supervising the movement of the consignment might not be the most appropriate people to investigate the circumstances surrounding its disappearance from the system.

“The very people who supervised this conveyance? What proper report are you expecting from them?” he asked.

According to Nana B, officials whose positions could potentially be affected by the outcome of the investigation might be unwilling to produce findings that could implicate them.

“Because someone will be thinking about their job and will not bring a report that will indict them,” he added.

His comments come as questions continue to surround how the cocaine shipment moved through Ghana’s security and port systems before it was eventually intercepted in France.

By: Paulina Armah/Radio1.