Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has added his two cents to the leaked recording of high-ranking officials allegedly plotting to remove Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare from office.
The secret tape is “authentic and not fake,” he declared.
Amidu, who previously worked as a lawyer in the Northern Region, acknowledged in a statement that the 50-minute recording was authentic and that he recognized one of the participants by voice.
He claimed to have personally visited the subject’s Accra office and observed the subject’s propensity to take calls during important discussions, which he believes may help to explain the existence of a recording.
Earlier, a leaked audio showed a politician, who also identified himself as a former Northern regional chairman of the ruling NPP, and a police commissioner discussing how to get rid of Dr. Dampare because he is too firm and won’t allow the 2024 election to be rigged.
The Police Commissioner, who is rumored to be retiring, is heard telling the politician in the leaked audio that if the current IGP stays in office, the NPP should forget about winning the upcoming general elections.
In order to persuade the politician, Commissioner Mensa cited the strict security measures the IGP put in place during the recent Assin North by-election. He promised to take a similar or even more stringent approach, which might prevent the NPP from stealing the 2024 election.
He continued by expressing his frustration over his futile attempts to persuade Nana Addo to fire IGP Dr. Dampare.
The leaked collusion has been denounced by many Ghanaians and analysts in response to the video, who have also called for an investigation, the identification of those responsible, and sanctions against them.
A police commissioner named Mensah, who has four months left on his terminal leave before leaving the Ghana Police Service, was heard on the leaked tape discussing the IGP on various platforms, according to Amidu, who was responding to the leak. Other senior officers were also heard on the tape.
He asserted that this behavior had its origins in a police tradition that favors undermining colleagues in order to gain preferential treatment for higher positions.
However, allegations that Dr. Dampare was going to be fired before the general elections in 2024 have been refuted by the government through Interior Minister Ambrose Dery.
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, he urged the public to disregard them as unfounded while speaking to the press in Parliament.
