Contrary to claims made against him by senior police officers in the leaked audio, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has denied running a one-man show at the Ghana Police Service.
Speaking before Parliament’s Committee tasked to probe into a ‘leaked IGP tape’ to oust him from office, he disclosed that he consults with other senior police officers before making decisions.
Dampare said those allegations made by senior police officers COP George Alex Mensah, and Superintendent George Asare when they appeared before the committee were calculated to tarnish his image and reputation.
“I think I addressed this question earlier, my POMAB members are here, unfortunately, they are not on oath so they cannot testify, we would have heard them. They call it united POMAB, and it is a chain, nobody breaks it unless you are going on retirement and then we replace you.
“This whole idea of running a one-man show is just to paint me black, so it is never true. They [implicated police officers] went to lie thinking that we would never get the opportunity to speak to it.”
He also stated categorically that he was involved in the recording of the leaked tape.
“I was not involved in the recording of the leaked tape,” Dampare said.
