Despite the leaked tape scandal revealing an alleged plot to remove the Inspector General of Police, COP George Akuffo Dampare from office, some have suggested that this may have led to a sense of embarrassment among the suspected plotters. However, the police commissioner in question, COP George Alex Mensah (Rtd), claims that the incident has actually been a blessing to him.
On the leaked tape, COP George Alex Mensah (Rtd) was heard criticizing Dr. Dampare’s administration while also suggesting that he would not aid the governing party if he were to remain in office until the 2024 elections. COP George Alex Mensah (Rtd) had been on leave prior to officially retiring on September 18, 2023, after serving for 31 years in the police service.
He was in the company of another senior police officer, Superintendent George Asare, together with a former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bugri Naabu, who has admitted recording the conversation.
COP Alex Mensah (Retd). has since appeared before a parliamentary committee tasked with investigating the contents on the tape, where he made further damning claims about the IGP, describing him as the worst IGP the service has ever had.
While the parliamentary committee is yet to submit its report after interrogating the parties in the matter including the IGP, the now retired COP Alex Mensah, who appears unperturbed about the turn of events, told Evans Mensah on PM Express, that the entire episode has been a blessing.
My friends who have not heard from me for years are calling me from the U.S., U.K., and Germany everywhere. God has His own way of bringing up somebody. Sometimes you will not understand, but at the end of the day, you will understand and say, I thought this was a problem, but that was the way the Lord is using to bring you up.”
When the host, Evans Mensah specifically asked if the scandal had been a blessing to him “he responded, “It has it so many ways. At least now, it has made the public aware that something is not going on well in the Ghana Police Service.”
According to the aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Bekwai Constituency, the whole issue has been overblown, insisting that there was never a plot to remove the IGP as has been suggested.
He insists that the conversation was a private one and that the focus should be on whoever leaked the conversation and not on those who were having normal conversations.
The former police commissioner has already told the parliamentary committee that the tape was doctored to achieve a certain malicious agenda.
“I did not say anything wrong in the tape. I was not planning a coup, neither was I planning to go and sell cocaine or steal. All that I said on the tape is the truth. And as I said before the committee, if you give me the chance, I will say it here and say it anywhere else.”
