Superintendent George Asare, one of the three police officers whose voice was recorded in a conversation with former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, has accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, of being the mastermind behind the recording of their conversation.
This allegation was also made by COP George Alex Mensah when he appeared before the 7-member ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the matter on Friday, September 1.
“My intel suggests that what was used to tape the conversation was done by the current IGP. He sent some people to do it and after which he went for it and so the tape, from my intel is with the IGP, and he caused it to be leaked so if this committee wants the tape, then it should contact the IGP for it,” COP Mensah told the committee.
In his first appearance before the committee on September 4, 2023, Superintendent Asare, who also held the same view, accused the IGP of hiring people to record them.
“I also have the same intel that the IGP agreed with Naabu after Bugri Naabu had gone to inform the IGP that somebody wants to oppose you, so he has come to me to the extent that the CV that was collected from the commissioner and sent to Bugri Naabu by those boys [two boys]. They are prepared to come here and testify. They collected it, and sent it to Bugri Naabu who also gave the CV which was intended for the appointing authority to the IGP.”
He continued by saying that he was prepared to share further details, but would only do that in camera, adding that it is not a healthy development.”
