Seasoned
journalist and host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, Paul Adom-Otchere has
alleged that the Police administration met some journalists and paid them to
boost the leaked audio revealing a supposed grand scheme to sack and replace
the Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo-Dampare.
He claims he has
evidence of money paid to the journalists when they were met at the police headquarters
by the Director of Finance of the Police in respect of publications about the
leaked tape.
Reports by
MyNewsgh indicated that some journalists whose list he claims to have obtained
were met by the police before the leaked tape was released and paid to push it.
He said: "I
have the list of journalists and the amount paid to each of them and will be
pushing it to the Ghana Journalists Association."
He further
alleged that there is tension within the police service as a result of the
divisive leadership qualities of the IGP.
A leaked audio
making the rounds has a Police Commissioner who identified himself as Mensa and
a politician, who also describes himself as a former Northern regional chairman
of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), plotting the removal of Dr. Dampare because he
is too firm and will not allow the 2024 election to be rigged.
In the leaked
audio, which was shared by GHone TV on its Twitter page, the Police
Commissioner who is said to be retiring is heard in the leaked audio telling
the politician that the NPP should forget winning the next general elections if
the current IGP remains in office.
To convince the
politician, Commissioner Mensa cited the rigorousness of the security the IGP
provided during the recent Assin North by-election, saying he will do the same
or even more, which might foil any attempt by the NPP to steal victory in the
2024 election.
Meanwhile,
Martin Amidu, the former Special Prosecutor, has said the secret tape is
"authentic and not fake."
Amidu in a
statement confirmed the validity of the leaked 50-minute recording, recognizing
the voice of one of the individuals involved, whom he previously represented as
a client during his time as a lawyer in the Northern Region.
He stated that
he has personally been in the Accra office of the person in question and
witnessed their tendency to receive phone calls during serious discussions,
which he believes could explain the presence of a recording.
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