Assin South MP, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has expressed his gratitude to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for visiting him following an attempted arrest by officials of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on Wednesday.
In a post on X, Rev. Fordjour, who serves as the Ranking Member of the Defence and Interior Committee, accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of targeting opposition MPs in what he described as a politically motivated attempt to suppress parliamentary oversight.
He labelled the incident as a “lawless act of harassment.”
The attempted arrest took place at Rev. Fordjour’s residence in Spintex, Accra, following allegations of two suspicious flights that reportedly landed at the Kotoka International Airport, allegedly carrying drugs and cash.
Reacting to the incident, NPP General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua called on party supporters to show solidarity with the embattled MP.
Several Minority MPs, who also gathered at Rev. Fordjour’s residence, raised concerns about the legality of the operation, stressing that the NIB operatives lacked a court-issued arrest warrant.
Former Defence Minister and Bimbilla MP, Dominic Nitiwul, who was present at the scene, confirmed that the operatives indeed did not possess a warrant.
According to him, the leader of the operation astonishingly claimed that his seniority—and his face alone—was enough to justify the arrest.