I Endorse The Politicking Of Arrest Of Airport Security Capo – Sammy Awuku

Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party has expressed disappointment in the National Security, claiming that the arrest of the Managing Director of SOHIN Security, Solomon Adelaquaye, in the United States of America for trading in illegal drugs has imprinted a “scar” on the security apparatus.

Speaking on Peace FM Tuesday, Sammy Awuku posited that the National Security has fallen short of commendations and thus expressed doubt about its ability to investigate the drug menace.

US security authorities arrested Mr. Adelaquaye in May for trafficking a substance believed to be heroin, leading to the suspension of his company’s contract with the government of Ghana.

Till the rise of the drug issue, SOHIN Security which was contracted about a year ago by government, through the National Security, was authorized to enhance security presence at the Kotoka International Airport.

Nonetheless, pejorative reports about the arrest of the drug baron left some political figures and the nation gobsmacked with some functionaries within the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) alleging that the drug baron was a financier of the governing party.

They also raised red flags about the background checks conducted by the Ghana Airport Company before employing the services of SOHIN Security Company.

Following the arrest, some critics also linked him with the National Security Coordinator, Lt. Col Larry Gbevlo Lartey, purportedly pointing to the suspect’s close relationship with him.

As a result, the critics stridently called on the National Security Coordinator to cede his authority while President Mahama sets up a public inquiry into the matter.

Though Lt. Col Gbevlo Lartey, speaking to an Accra-based radio station, denounced his association with the drug peddler, Sammy Awuku, however expressed distrust in the National Security apparatus.

He asked; “Do you know how many drugs he can traffick in a day? For a month? For six months and to a year? So, we must thoroughly investigate it to avert the possibility of a conspiracy.”

He found it ‘ridiculous’ to depoliticize the issue, especially when the incumbent government stopped at nothing hurling salvos at the erstwhile Kufour government when a similar event took place under his (Ex-President Kufour) watch.

To him, the drug scandal “is a major scar on the conscience of our national security; the arrest of the SOHIN Boss…I cannot trust the National Security to investigate this matter.”

“I endorse the politicking of it by people,” he concluded.

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana