Rev John Ntim Fordjour has been at the center of the flights claims
In the wake of a controversial claim made by Assin South MP and Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, a retired military officer and security analyst, Col Festus Aboagye (Rtd), has called on the lawmaker to back his statements with concrete evidence.
Rev. Fordjour alleged that two aircraft had landed in Ghana under suspicious circumstances—sparking public discourse and raising concerns about national security. However, Col Aboagye believes the matter requires more than vague assertions, especially coming from a legislator entrusted with such a sensitive portfolio.
Speaking during an interview on TV3’s The KeyPoints, Col Aboagye questioned the manner in which the MP chose to share the information.
“The honourable MP, Ranking Member, Defence and Security portfolio, is not an ordinary person on the street. If there is credible threat to the security of this country, I don’t expect anybody of his calibre and stature to go to the media and inform them.
“The first elements that you want to get in touch with are the security structures of the state — a whole plethora of them, including that portfolio committee of Parliament,” he said.
According to Col Aboagye, the MP’s claims raise even more questions, especially since Rev. Fordjour does not work directly at the Kotoka International Airport, where the alleged incident took place. He called for clarity on the source of the information.
“We know that Rev Ntim Fordjour does not work at the Kotoka International Airport, so somebody would have informed him about the goings on. I am asking him today, through this portal, who informed him? Was it one of the security elements — BNI/NIB or was it an external agent? Maybe a member of the diplomatic community. Who gave him that information?”
He added that the lawmaker needed to move beyond insinuations and provide specifics on the intelligence he supposedly received.
“He needs to give us better particulars of the intelligence and so far, he has been hedging. Indeed, in several instances he seems to suggest that the state agencies must come and brief him as a member of the portfolio committee. What is the intelligence? What exactly was he told?”