The Minority Leader has accused the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) of misleading Parliament in a cocaine allegation case that has turned out to be one of a mistaken identity.

Haruna Iddrisu had warned the president to withdraw the Deputy Agric Minister nominee George Oduro following a report by the BNI which linked the nominee to a drug-related offence in 2007.

A letter from the Bureau to the President dated March 23, 2017, indicated that Mr Oduro was on May 19, 2008, mentioned as a principal suspect in a cocaine case in Geneva, Switzerland where he is declared wanted.

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According to the BNI, Mr Oduro arrived at the the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on May 17, 2008, on a Canadian passport numbered LJ557784 aboard Royal Air Maroc.

“He is believed to be an accomplice of Nelson Troy EDWARD, a Ghanaian arrested in Geneva on 13th July, 2007 for possessing three thousand and fourteen (3,014) grams of cocaine,” the BNI letter stated.

The Minority Leader subsequently said on the Floor of parliament on Thursday “In respect of the nominees I am compelled to request that the president should consider withdrawing the nomination of one of the appointees named George Oduro because there is a damning BNI report on him.”

But appearing before the Appointments Committee of Parliament, George Oduro said the issue is one of a mistaken identity.

According to him, the letter served on him by the BNI had the name George Kwabena Oduro which is completely a different person.

In a response, the Minority Leader accused the BNI of misleading the Minority.

"This is more an indictment on the integrity and professional work of the BNI. As part of our work at the Appointment Committee we normally will request for background information of the nominees from the BNI, police, Ghana Revenue Authority," he said.

"If we erred, we erred on the caution of the BNI, not on our own," he stated.