The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says revelations by the jailed cocaine courier, Nayele Ametefeh shows that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is complicit in the controversial cocaine brouhaha.
They claim the NDC did the same thing to them [NPP] during the MV Benjamin cocaine case in 2007.
[contextly_sidebar id=”76Nv5jKEyroXUkL7NeACyVIgxXD9VRnI”]“By the same standard, the massive lapses, omissions and commissions in the Nayele Ametefe scandal, at the very least, by the NDC’s own standard in opposition, makes President Mahama’s NDC government complicit in this Nayele Ametefe cocaine scandal,” a statement from the party stated.
Throwing more light on the issue on Eyewitness News, the Communications Director of the NPP, Nana Akomea explained that the party arrived at the decision based on confessions made by Nayele Ametefe “about her relationship with very powerful people in this country.”
Nayele was sentenced to eight years eight months imprisonment by a UK court for trying to enter the country with cocaine of 79% purity and worth 1.8 million Pounds.
Six persons are currently being tried in Ghana for their alleged involvement in Nayele’s mission to the UK.
Nana Akomea argued that Nayele’s “access to the VVIP lounge which is the presidential lounge…with the cocaine in her handbag” proves that the NDC government is aware of the mission.”
But, National Organizer of the NDC, Kofi Adams rejected the claims on Eyewitness News saying “the NDC will always continue to set very good standards for governance, standards for fight against illicit drugs that will not just destroy the image of the country.”
He said “Nana Akomea will help NPP better if he stays away from commenting on matters to do with drugs…Picking up the MV Benjamin case and Amoateng case, these are not the same at all. The response that this government had shown in this matter if we saw the same in those cases I don’t think we would have raised the types of questions that he raised.”
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh & Patricia Conteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana