[ 2014-11-26 ]

Ace Ankomah is a private legal practitioner

Cocaine scandal: focus on substance, not politics; Ace Ankomah tells gov’t
Private legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah, says
government’s overly enthusiastic attempt to
distance itself from the latest cocaine scandal
could be counter-productive.
He said the rush and uncoordinated responses by
government communicators and officials could
create a leeway for the perpetrators of the crime
to escape justice.
He was speaking to Joy FM’s Super Morning Show
host, Kojo Yankson, on the arrest of a
Ghanaian/Austrian by security officials at
Heathrow Airport with 12.5 kilos of cocaine in a
manner that has embarrassed the nation.
Nayele Ametefeh is currently in detention, but her
arrest has put the discussion of drugs back onto
the front burner with politicians tagging each
other.
Government officials and security agencies are
tripping over each other to prove that officialdom
had nothing to do with the cocaine haulage, with
some contradictions emerging in the process.
Foreign Minister, Hannah Tetteh, Tuesday told
Accra-based Radio Gold that Nayele Ametefeh had
told Ghanaian consular officials that she used the
VIP Lounge at the Kotoka International Airport to
exit the country.
Later the Attorney-General proferred charges of
abetment against some three persons in connection
with the case.
Stating the brief facts of the case, the A-G said
one of the three, Abiel Ashitey Armah, a foreign
officer in charge of the VVIP Lounge at the Kotoka
International Airport, facilitated the passage of
Nayele Ametefeh through the VVIP Lounge.
Commenting on the contradiction, Mr. Ankomah said,
“The minute we begin to put out information that
is uncoordinated, we create room and fodder for
people who may have committed offences to
walk.”

Source - MyjoyOnline

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