Leaked audio by individuals planning to remove the IGP Dr. Dampare has generated a lot of controversy across the various platform within the country.
Unfortunately and fortunately on the side of these individuals captured in the audio, the conversation does not identify any person by their name. However, the people involved in the conversation are said to be high-ranking police officers with someone said to be a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Their discussion was centered on Dr. Dampare’s leadership as IGP.
The individual accused the IGP of being a huge headache to the NPP going to the 2024 elections. He also alleged that the IGP did not have good relations with Dr. Bawumia and the military.
Read an excerpt of the conversation captured in the leaked audio which has caused generated a whole lot of controversy.
The audio is noted to capture three different voices in the alleged plot. The audio into the scene Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
VOICE 1 : “Alhaji, my only problem… this current IGP if we do a mistake and take him to the elections, it will not help us. It will not help us at all and I will not mind if the position is not given to me and that man is changed; because he will not help us, he will not help us at all… he won’t help the party at all.”
VOICE 1: “I know there are others who are also good for this position, if I don’t get and this man is changed and those people that we think they are our men get it (it is ok)… Because we need to break this 8. That is important, we need to break the 8… Because I wouldn’t want doctor to become the flagbearer and then we lose the elections… ”
VOICE 1: “This IGP is not correct, he won’t help us. Alhaji you have done politics, you know elections is not… sometimes elections mafia work is inside.”
RESPONSE: “Not just sometimes, mafia work is inside. As for elections mafia work is involved.”
VOICE 1: “Alhaji whatever we need to do to get somebody else to supervise these elections (2024) we need to do. Because as we speak, this IGP is not fine with the military, he is fighting with the army. You find out, if any army officer is your friend, you call him and ask him that how do you see this IGP. He has been arresting military cars; commanders’ cars.”
VOICE 1: “If you find out yourself, he is not in good terms with Dr Bawumia… find out if you are close to Dr Bawumia because he knows that Dr Bawumia did not recommend him as IGP… Dr Bawumia knows that if we take him to elections we’ll have difficulties.”
