By Akaneweo Kabiru Abdul
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s conduct during the presidential jet controversy remains one of the most destructive, dishonest, and politically engineered crusades I have ever seen.
He did not merely disagree with President Akufo-Addo’s use of chartered flights; he weaponized the issue, twisted facts, suppressed technical briefings, and deliberately misled the public in order to stain the image of the former president.
His actions were not born out of patriotism, principle, or truth. They were the calculated maneuvers of a young politician intoxicated by propaganda, eager to destroy rather than debate.
From the beginning, Ablakwa knew the Falcon 900EX Jet had serious operational limitations. He saw the same technical and security reports that explained why the aircraft was not ideal for long-range presidential travel.
He was aware of the structural fatigue, the avionics challenges, the fuel-range constraints, the comfort and safety deficiencies, and the communication limitations that made the jet unsuitable for high-level international missions.
Yet he chose to ignore these realities entirely. He preferred the political mileage he could harvest from deception to the responsibility of presenting facts to the country he claims to serve.
Instead of truth, Ablakwa adopted theatrics. He suddenly presented himself as an improvised aviation specialist, boldly lecturing Ghanaians on engines and aircraft mechanics, claiming that because jets have three engines, the Falcon was automatically safe for all missions.
This was an insult to intelligence and to the aviation community. Engine redundancy has nothing to do with presidential security protocols, communication systems, fuel efficiency, international flight endurance, or structural wear.
But Ablakwa did not care. He was not speaking to inform; he was speaking to incite.
He mobilized public emotions, created sensational headlines, and promoted the false narrative that President Akufo-Addo was wasteful and extravagant.
Every chartered flight was turned into a political weapon. Every technical explanation was mocked. Every factual report was rejected.
Ablakwa’s agenda was clear: damage Akufo-Addo personally, inflame the masses, and convert aviation ignorance into political fuel.
Yet the hypocrisy of his actions has now been exposed in the most humiliating manner. Today, under his own government, the very administration he defends with religious devotion, the same Falcon Jet he claimed was perfect is now officially described as outdated, unsafe, technologically insufficient, and unfit for presidential duties.
The same government Ablakwa supports is now aggressively pushing for the purchase of two new presidential aircraft and additional military helicopters, costing an astonishing $1.2 billion.
This monumental expenditure makes every accusation he fired at Akufo-Addo not only hollow but laughably childish.
This is where Ablakwa’s silence becomes damning. The loud voice that once shook Parliament has gone mute.
The activist who once carried aviation diagrams around is nowhere to be found. The man who accused Akufo-Addo of luxury now cannot condemn a billion-dollar aviation procurement under his own party.
His silence is confession. His silence is the evidence that every attack he launched was driven by political bitterness, not principle.
The hypocrisy is too thick to ignore. When Akufo-Addo chartered a flight out of necessity, Ablakwa called it waste.
But when his own government seeks to buy two jets outright, he calls it national interest. When Akufo-Addo relied on temporary solutions because the Falcon was inadequate, Ablakwa called it opulence.
But when his own party seeks a permanent and far more expensive replacement, he pretends not to understand what is happening. The double standard is breathtaking.
Okudzeto Ablakwa’s campaign against Akufo-Addo was not oversight; it was propaganda. It was manufactured outrage. It was political vandalism dressed as accountability.
And he owes the young people who believed in his so-called crusades an explanation. He misrepresented the facts about the Falcon Jet. He knowingly suppressed technical truths. He deceived the public about presidential travel protocols.
He built his political popularity on lies, and today those lies have collapsed under the weight of reality.
Ablakwa stands today as the clearest example of youthful political diabolism, a man who sacrificed truth for attention, consistency for convenience, and principle for propaganda.
His hypocrisy on the presidential jet issue is simply embarrassing and a permanent stain on his political record.
