Prince Ahenkorah
Ghana Airport Company boss, Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare is taking a Facebook frick to court for GH¢10 million, claiming his posts painted her as tangled up in cocaine trafficking, political favoritism and abuse of office.
managing director of Ghana Airports Company Limited, filed the libel suit against Samuel Bryan Buabeng, a fanatic and former presidential staffer at the Accra High Court, according to a writ of summons. She is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages.
At the center of the case is a Sept. 22, 2026 Facebook post in which Buabeng allegedly published Opare’s name and photo alongside Frank Danquah, a GACL staffer.
Buabeng called Danquah Opare’s “favourite member of staff” and claimed he was an Aviation Security (AVSEC) supervisor who “aided the drug baron,” the suit says.
The post also claimed Danquah had emptied bank accounts holding hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis before declaring: “the Cocainenomy is on the right footing, with people in high places benefiting immensely.”
Opare’s lawyers say the post falsely suggested she had an improper relationship with Danquah and was tied to or profiting from narcotics trafficking.
The GACL MD denies the claims, calling them serious imputations of criminal conduct, corruption and abuse of office.
But Buabeng didn’t back down.
After the suit was filed, he published another statement questioning why Opare kept her job after the Jan. 7, 2025 change of government.
“Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare, you can’t gag anyone,” he wrote. “I will continue to raise questions about why even cleaners, messengers, watchmen, labourers and others perceived to be affiliated with the NPP were sacked from state institutions and agencies immediately after 7 January 2025, while you remained the Managing Director of Ghana Airports Company Limited.”
He also asked: “What did you do for the NDC, and what are you doing for them?”
Opare’s legal team rejected any suggestion of improper political connections or conduct. They said Danquah has worked at GACL since Sept. 1, 2004, but has “no personal connection” with Opare beyond their official roles.
Buabeng also aimed at President John Dramani Mahama in another Facebook post, referring to him as “Bole Idi Amin” and describing others as “enablers.”
He called for an international security partnership to fight what he described as a growing drug-trafficking problem, naming the Government of Ghana, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
“It’s getting scarier by the day. Cocaine everywhere!” he wrote.
In a separate post, Buabeng argued the cocaine issue is political and questioned whether powerful people are facilitating illegal drugs.
“Don’t let anyone distract you. This cocaine issue is political,” he wrote, adding that no drug dealer could allegedly move large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and other contraband without help, protection or involvement from “people in high places.”
He then asked: “Who are the people in positions of power enabling, facilitating and aggressively clearing impediments for this to happen?”
Opare’s lawyers have fired off a cease-and-desist notice demanding the allegedly defamatory posts and related comments be removed. They also want an unconditional retraction, an unreserved public apology and a written undertaking that Buabeng will not repeat the allegations.
In the suit, Opare asks the High Court to declare the Sept. 22 words and photos false and defamatory. She wants an order forcing Buabeng to delete the publication and scrub copies, shares and reproductions from social media accounts, pages and websites under his control.
She also wants the apology and retraction published on the same Facebook page with prominence comparable to the original post and pinned for 30 straight days.
And she is seeking a perpetual injunction barring Buabeng from republishing the allegedly defamatory statements or similar allegations.
The case is now before the High Court.