Former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Daniel Bugri Naabu, claimed that the Committee’s closed-door hearing into an alleged tape plotting the ouster of Inspector General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo-Dampare confirmed his claim that the audio recording was not altered.
Superintendents Eric Gyebi and George Asare, who are both witnesses in the ongoing investigation, allegedly acknowledged their voices and the specifics of the conversation on the new tape that was played during the in-camera hearing, according to him.
Chief Bugri Naabu, who is also the first witness in the investigation, spoke to the media on Wednesday. He said: “both Police officers, contrary to their earlier position during the public hearing, admitted to the full details of their engagement with me as captured on the tape.”
“You were all there when they told the committee in public that I am a liar but now before the committee they have all, including Gyebi, admitted their voices on the tape.
“I want to tell you all that as a chief I don’t tell lies I was in my office and then these people came to say the things they said. I felt it was important for the state security and for the NPP government to know what they were doing in there, so I taped them and went to give the tape to the president,” he said.
Chief Bugri Naabu, who is also the paramount chief of Namong in the Mamprugu Kindgom’s North East Region, said to the media “Now they have all admitted that it is their voices so I want to clear my name that I am not a liar. And if they come out to challenge anything now, we will play what happened in there for all Ghanaians to hear.”
On Thursday, October 12, 2023, the Committee members would hold an internal meeting to decide when to move forward with the next hearing.
The Committee members would benefit from using the private meeting to assess the tapes and evidence before deciding on their future actions.
Attorneys for Dr. Dampare, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), who was not present, Mr. Naabu, Commissioner of Police George Alex Mensah, and Superintendent George Asare attended the Wednesday hearing behind closed doors.
