IGP Dampare did the recording and leaked it – COP Mensah

The Director-General of Operations for the Ghana Police Service, COP George Alex Mensah, has disclosed that the leaked tape between himself and a former Northern Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, concerning an alleged plot to remove the current Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo-Dampare, was recorded and leaked by the IGP himself.

Appearing before a committee convened to investigate an alleged plot to remove the IGP Dampare, COP Alex Mensah who is making his second appearance before the seven-member bi-partisan committee told the committee that his conviction was based on his intelligence, which he declined to share.

According to COP Mensah who is on leave prior to retirement, he regrets that a private conversation between himself and Bugri Naabu, someone he considered to be a well-respected person could be recorded and leaked in the public domain.

Source: graphic online