The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare has categorically said that no IGP can determine the outcome of any election.
He insists since elections require a collective action, nobody can determine the outcome.
Dr Dampare was responding to a question by the Committee Chair, Samuel Atta Akyea, in Parliament, on Tuesday, September 12.
“The most important thing is this, election involves so many stakeholders, and each one has its role. And the police also has its role. An election is a simple matter, where each stakeholder plays its role, and collectively, we end up ensuring that it is over and the people then decide who becomes their leaders.
“So, nobody has supremacy, when it comes to an entity or institution or when it comes to its role in ensuring that elections are successful. As far as I am concerned each stakeholder has to play its role and since each role is unique, nobody can determine the outcome,” he explained.
Asked if his personality and values could be a reason the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not be able to break the eight, Dr. Dampare reiterated that an individual cannot on his or her own determine the outcome of any election.
He assured the committee that he would continue to work with his commanders across the country to get the job done, during elections and post elections.
The IGP is currently 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.