A Government Spokesperson Kwaku Owusu Banahene has alleged that the previous administration of the (NPP) set multiple traps for President in a bid to harm him.
According to him, some NPP members poured acid on parts of the presidential jet to corrode vital components as part of their plot against the President.
Without providing evidence, he added that after setting such traps, the NPP later insisted that President Mahama use the same jet for his official trips.
Speaking in an interview on Angel TV on August 13, 2025, Banahene said, "Some of the issues have to do with the presidential jet we are now discussing. "The NPP poured acid on all the pipes, and they are corroding.