Minority seeks clarity on Ghana’s alleged role in US airstrikes in Nigeria

The Minority in Parliament has questioned the legal basis for the government’s alleged collaboration with the United States in launching airstrikes against terrorists in Nigeria.

According to the Minority, the development was disclosed by Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, during an engagement in London.

Addressing journalists on Wednesday, March 11, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, demanded that the Foreign Affairs Minister appear before Parliament immediately to clarify the circumstances surrounding the alleged operation.

“We need the Minister for Foreign Affairs to appear before Parliament immediately to brief the House on the circumstances under which the Mahama administration collaborated with the United States to carry out this action in Nigeria, and give the Ghanaian people the assurance that the country is not unnecessarily being exposed to terrorist organisations,” he stated.

Former Defence Minister and Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Dominic Nitiwul, also expressed concern about the implications of the minister’s comments, warning that such disclosures could pose a serious security risk to Ghana.

“What he has disclosed to the world poses a serious risk to the citizens of Ghana and the country as a whole. We all want to fight terrorism, but no government should be allowed to invite a foreign country, without a formal agreement, to use our territory to bomb, attack, or kill anybody,” he said.