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Kwaku Owusu Banahene, a government spokesperson, has shockingly levelled serious allegations against the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of setting multiple traps for President John Dramani Mahama.
According to Kwaku Owusu Banahene, the NPP has poured acid in the pipes of the presidential jet, which has now corroded.
He further alleged that because of that, the NPP have opposed President John Mahama’s use of his brother’s private jet for his official travels.
Speaking in an interview on Angel TV on August 13, 2025, Kwaku Owusu Banahene alleged, “Some of the issues have to do with the presidential jet that has now been taken to France.
Everywhere you look at the NPP poured acid on all the pipes, and they are corroding. We cannot even bring back the presidential jet. So when the President uses his brother’s jet, they oppose it, questioning why he is using his brother’s jet”.
He further added, “When we talk about the traps they have set in the country, our eyes must be opened. The NPP has set multiple traps for President Mahama on the presidential jet and is constantly forcing him to use it”.
Kwaku Owusu Banahene made this comment following Ghana losing eight people, including Dr Omane Boamah and Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, two cabinet members who passed away following a helicopter crash at Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6.
Muniru Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, and Samuel Aboagye, a former Parliamentary Candidate, and Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman of NDC, have all been confirmed dead.
The crew members are Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.
It will be recalled that social media, some months ago, was set on fire with Ghanaians speculating after President Mahama travelled on the private jet owned by his businessman brother, Ibrahim Mahama, to the Gambia.
John Mahama was criticised for using his brother’s Dzata jet but was defended by government officials as cost-saving and timely for the state.
Meanwhile, the Defence Minister, Dr Omane Boamah, before his passing, revealed that Ghana’s presidential jet is sick and heavily corroded.
According to the Defence Minister, the Presidential jet is in France due to serious technical faults.
Omane Boamah further revealed that the return date for the Presidential jet keeps changing.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, July 21, Dr Omane Boamah stated, “It is sad to note that for some time now, whenever the president’s jet goes for either maintenance or overhaul, the date that is scheduled for it to return to Ghana keeps changing”.
“They have extended it to two months before, and later two and a half. In this case, as we speak, the aircraft is still not in.”
“We are hoping that the date that has been given will see the Falcon in Ghana,” he said.
“The truth is that the presidential jet is heavily corroded… However, that does not in any way justify hiring or renting luxurious aircraft persistently for presidential use,” he asserted.
Ghana’s Falcon 900 EX Presidential Jet was purchased in 2009 and arrived in the country in 2010.
It replaced a 37-year-old Foker 27 aircraft, which was regarded as a flying coffin.
The Falcon 900 EX Presidential Jet has since been grounded at the Dassault Falcon Service facility in Le Bourget, France, due to massive wear and tear issues.
In 2021, the former Akufo-Addo government sought to purchase a new and bigger jet for the Presidency, but faced public backlash over accusations of extravagant travels by Akufo-Addo.
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