Ghana’s Majority in Parliament has firmly dismissed allegations by the Minority linking President John Dramani Mahama’s diplomatic outreach to Burkina Faso with the killing of eight Ghanaian traders near the border.
The Minority had argued that what it described as the government’s “glorification” of Burkina Faso’s leader, Ibrahim Traoré, may have emboldened suspected terrorists behind the attack.
However, Defence and Interior Committee Chairman James Agalga condemned the claims as reckless and dangerous. He contended that strained security relations with Ouagadougou began under the previous administration, following accusations that Burkina Faso engaged the Wagner Group — a development he said led to the country’s withdrawal from the Accra Initiative and weakened intelligence cooperation.
Agalga insisted that President Mahama is working to restore security collaboration, including appointing a special envoy to the Sahel to reinforce counterterrorism efforts, while cautioning against politicizing the traders’ deaths at a sensitive time for national security.
