Former Director of Communications at the Office of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has expressed disappointment over the recent cocaine seizure involving a consignment that originated from Ghana.

Mr Anyidoho reflected on how the NDC previously used drug-related scandals to criticise former President John Agyekum Kufuor, saying it was painful to see a similar situation emerge under an NDC government.

He recalled that between 2006 and 2008, he played a leading role in the party’s response to the MV Benjamin cocaine scandal and the “Limping Man” incident.

According to him, the NDC used the issue as part of its political communication strategy and accused the Kufuor administration of allowing Ghana to become a “cocaine coast”.

“To be frank, between 2006 and 2008, when I was the Director of Communications for Candidate Atta Mills’ campaign team, President Kufuor was in office. During that period, there was the MV Benjamin cocaine scandal and the ‘Limping Man’ incident. I was at the forefront of those issues, and we did not take it easy on President Kufuor,” he said.

“As part of our political communication strategy, I was the one who came up with the idea that we should tag President Kufuor as having turned Ghana into a cocaine coast, and it worked,” he added.

Mr Anyidoho said the strategy contributed to making the Kufuor administration unpopular, making the current situation particularly difficult for him.

“And so this current cocaine thing, it hurts me on that side of the political divide that the party that fought cocaine some time ago and now under our dispensation, this kind of thing is happening,” he stated.

He also questioned whether those arrested or identified in connection with the latest shipment represent the full extent of the network behind it.

“Smuggling drugs is not easy. To smuggle almost four tonnes, put it in a container and have it leave the country means there must be a chain involved. It cannot be the work of one person; there is a chain,” he stated.

His comments follow the seizure of about 3.9 tonnes of cocaine by French authorities at the Port of Dunkirk on September 7, 2026.