Samuel Koku Anyidoho, Founder and President of the Atta Mills Institute and former Head of Communications under President John Atta Mills, has raised concerns over a series of recent government agreements, questioning whether they may be inadvertently enabling drug trafficking into and out of Ghana. A Mysterious 2025 Plane Landing

Anyidoho noted how a plane landed in Ghana in 2025 "under dubious circumstances," and that the official communication was that the plane had a puncture, which he called unsatisfactory.

Two planes that landed in Ghana on March 12 and March 20 attracted scrutiny with opposition party New Patriotic Party (NPP) figures raising money laundering and drug trafficking allegations. Government disputed these claims, saying the landings were due to technical and maintenance concerns.  

The Colombia Trade Corridor

Anyidoho also questioned the rationale behind a trade agreement signed with Colombia establishing a direct shipping corridor between Ghana and the South American nation, a major cocaine-producing country.

"Then you are signing a free port agreement with Colombia," he said.

"What is in Colombia or Ghana that must go both ways, and necessitate a free port agreement with Colombia? Tell me. What is it?"

Visa-Free Agreements Under Scrutiny

Anyidoho further criticised a series of visa-free arrangements Ghana has recently entered into, questioning why they appeared to prioritise countries with little travel demand from Ghanaians over more popular destinations.

"Why can't they secure visa-free arrangements with the countries Ghanaians really want to?" he asked.

"Some outlandish countries that Ghanaians are not interested in visiting is what you are focusing on. Is it a case that this whole visa-free thing is for these [drug] barons to go to those countries, acquire the passports of those countries and then enter Ghana to come and have these deals there?"

The Broader Concern

Anyidoho's comments come against the backdrop of a nearly 3.9-tonne cocaine seizure by French customs at the Port of Dunkirk on September 10, 2026, in a container originating from Ghana.

He argued that the scale of that seizure points to an organised network rather than isolated individual actors, and that scrutiny should extend to policy decisions that could be creating openings for such networks to operate.

He said he expects the government to be held accountable for these questions going forward.

"When it comes to the governance process, we shall hold their feet to the fire of accountability. They should be ready for it. Apart from the divine justice, here on earth, also, we'll seek justice," he said.