Member of Parliament for Assin South and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has decried what he calls growing intolerance under President John Dramani Mahama's administration, following an attempted raid on his home by operatives of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).

The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, was reportedly thwarted by members of the Minority Caucus, who resisted the move and condemned it as politically motivated.

In a social media post on Thursday, 10 April, Rev. Ntim Fordjour revealed that former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had reached out to express his concern.

Yesterday, as the former President of the Republic HE Nana Akufo-Addo @NAkufoAddo placed a call to me and conveyed his kind thoughts to me and my family, following the needless invasion of our home without a warrant by men purportedly sent by the government for raising matters of…

— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) April 10, 2025

“Yesterday, as the former President of the Republic H.E Nana Akufo-Addo placed a call to me and conveyed his kind thoughts to me and my family, following the needless invasion of our home without a warrant by men purportedly sent by the government… I came to appreciate the more, how tolerance shapes our democracy,” he wrote.

He contrasted the current political climate with the one that prevailed under Akufo-Addo’s tenure, noting that no opposition MP was ever targeted or harassed by state security forces for fulfilling their oversight duties.

“In the eight years of extraordinary leadership of President Akufo-Addo, no opposition MP was harassed by the state security apparatus for demanding probes… Every fierce criticism and demand for probe by the opposition MPs were graciously accommodated by President Akufo-Addo without threats and harassment,” he stated.

Rev. Fordjour described the attempted arrest as “unprecedented” and “a major setback in our democratic pursuit.”

He criticised what he called President Mahama’s intolerance to scrutiny, adding, “This is indeed beyond the culture of silence. Truth will stand always.”