COP George Alex Mensah who is the Director of Operations of the Ghana Police has told the parliamentary committee probing a viral leaked tape that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, is mismanaging the Police Service.
He made the allegation during his appearance before the committee probing the tape in which some senior police officers are heard in a conversation with the former Northern regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bugri Naabu, was heard plotting the removal of the IGP.
COP Mensah told the committee on Thursday, August 31 2023 that Dampare is not managing the Police service well as a result, majority of police officers is not happy. You can call some police officers underground and hear from them he said.
COP Mensah also admitted to being a politician and working in the interest of a political party even though he failed to disclose the party he supports
Some of his comments can be traced to a leaked tape in which he was heard telling Bugri Naabu that for the NPP to win the forth coming elections, the IGP must be removed.
COP Mensah failed to verify several details on the tape during his appearance before the commitee.
While with the Committee Chairman Samuel Atta Akyea, COP Mensah stated that “this tape that was played today, to me was an edited tape; I have not heard any unedited tape for me to talk about as I sit here.”
He added, “The tape that I heard today, there are so many things in that tape that I don’t remember and there are so many things that we discussed that is not on the tape. I’ve met Bugri Naabu four times and we have discussed many things some of them private things that I am not ready to discuss in public
“I had a meeting with Bugri Naabu but I don’t remember having any plan to remove the IGP because I don’t remove IGPs.”he said
His claims completely contradict the testimony of Bugri Naabu who confirmed the veracity of the tape and also confirmed recording it in his private office in Osu.
