Dr George Akuffo Dampare the Inspector General of Police, will on Tuesday (Sept. 12) sit before the Parliamentary Committee probing the Bugri Naabu leaked tape that captures a conversation about why he should be removed from office.
Samuel Atta Akyea who happened to be the chairman of the committee,, made this known, saying it was to grant the IGP an opportunity for his side of the story to be heard.
In an interview with Accra-based Joy FM on Sunday, he mentioned that “On Tuesday, all the individuals—Chief Daniel Bugri Naabu, Superintendent Mr. George L. Asare, COP Mr. George Alex Mensah and Superintendent Mr. Emmanuel Eric Gyebi—will come back with their lawyers. Also, the most prominent person whose name has been bandied about, the IGP himself, should also come with his lawyers, and the hearing would also be done in-camera.
He explained that there were issues in the hearing that needed to be prevented from coming out in public to protect national security.
“Some serious allegations have been made in public, but the substance of the allegations have not been made in public. That is to say, the evidential support for those allegations is what we are going to unearth, so which piece of evidence that we’ll give to the public that will not hurt national security, we’ll exercise that discretion,” he added.
He further stated that the Committee will not allow “the IGP to be disgraced and insulted without giving him a hearing.”
He added that allowing the IGP an opportunity to clear his name is the democratic way to address the issue at hand.
