The Ghana Police Service has interdicted its Director-General in charge of Technical, Commissioner of Police (COP), Alex Mensah, and two others implicated in a leaked tape plotting to oust the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare.
COP Mensah, Superintendents of Police, Emmanuel Gyebi, and George Lysander Asare were captured in a leaked audio recording plotting to remove Dr. Dampare from office before the 2024 general elections.
In a press release signed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Grace Ansah-Akrofi, the interdiction is to make way for disciplinary proceedings into their conduct in line with police service regulations.
Earlier, a police wireless message instructed COP Mensah to hand over his weapons, uniforms, and other police belongings to Depol Logistics.
He is also expected to hand over the command vehicle to the police transport department.
All three police officers are currently before Parliament’s ad-hoc committee regarding the leaked audio tape that also captures a former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu.
Mr. Naabu confirmed the content of the tape, while COP Mensah denied the content, saying portions had been doctored.
Superintendent Asare also said Bugri Naabu was merely inventing stories against him.
