A retired senior police officer George Alex Mensah says the leaked tape on a plot to remove the Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has made him very popular since the issue became one of the major headlines in the media space.
The IGP oust leaked tape captures the former Director General of Operations of the Ghana Police Service, COP Alex Mensah, Superintendent George Asare, together with the former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bugri Naabu.
According to COP Alex Mensah(Rtd), although people might think the leaked tape is an embarrassment to his personality, he finds more glory in his actions.
COP Alex Mensah(Rtd) in an interview monitored by theghanareport on Joy News said the “leaked tape is a blessing in disguise” as it has made him very popular in Ghana and abroad.
Moreover, he has become well known in his constituency Asante Bekwai where he seeks to contest for the parliamentary seat in the upcoming general elections.
Asked whether he had any regrets for what had happened, he responded “No, never. You see, God has His own way of blessing people. Had it not been for this tape, maybe we wouldn’t have been here. My name and my picture wouldn’t have been where it is circulating now. Now, if you go to my constituency, everybody knows me. Everybody is looking for me”.
“My friends who have not heard from me for years are calling me from the U.S., U.K., and Germany everywhere. God has His own way of bringing up somebody. Sometimes you will not understand, but at the end of the day, you will understand and say, I thought this was a problem, but that was the way the Lord is using to bring you up”.
When he was asked whether the scandal had been a blessing to him, he replied, “It has it so many ways. At least now, it has made the public aware that something is not going on well in the Ghana Police Service”.
The retired police officer says the current IGP Dr. Dampare’s administration is the worst ever under the Fourth Republic and he must be changed.
Also, COP Alex Mensah claims that with Dr. Dampare being the IGP, it will be very difficult for the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) to break the ‘8’ in the 2024 general election.
He insists that the conversation was a private one and that the focus should be on whoever leaked the conversation and not on those who were having normal conversations.
The former police commissioner has already told the parliamentary committee that the tape was doctored to achieve a certain malicious agenda.
“I did not say anything wrong in the tape. I was not planning a coup, neither was I planning to go and sell cocaine or steal. All that I said on the tape is the truth. And as I said before the committee, if you give me the chance, I will say it here and say it anywhere else”, he noted.