The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has dismissed claims that he has the original recordings of the leaked tape, which captured plans by some police officers to remove him from office.
According to the IGP, this is merely another baseless allegation against him by the police officers involved.
“Another wild allegation. I don’t know which of them; which of my brothers, made that allegation, then I could ask the committee to go with me to show me where I put it. I don’t have it. I don’t know about it, so why should somebody come here and make such wild allegations if they have no evidence to prove it?
“I beg of you, I don’t have it, and I pray that maybe going forward, we should make sure that when people make allegations, they at least provide a shred of evidence before maybe an invitation is made for somebody to come and speak to it,” he stressed.
Dr Dampare was responding to a question by a committee member during a probe of the leaked IGP tape on Tuesday, September 12.
The IGP appeared before Parliament’s ad-hoc committee tasked to investigate the authenticity of a leaked tape plotting to remove him from office.
Three police officers, COP George Alex Mensah, Superintendent George Asare, Superintendent Emmanuel Gyebi, and Daniel Bugri Naabu, a former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have been implicated in the alleged IGP tape.
All other witnesses have already given their testimony regarding the said subject matter.
While Mr Naabu confirmed the content of the tape, COP Alex Mensah and Superintendent George Asare have denied the content, saying portions have been “edited”.
COP Mensah, for instance, claimed that the tape had been doctored and did not accurately reflect the content of the original conversation with former NPP Northern Regional Chairman Bugri Naabu.