The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, has said that revelations at the ongoing hearing on a leaked tape of an alleged plot to remove the IGP suggest that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, may have been the one behind the order to interdict some …
Read More »Leaked tape probe: I’m not running a one man show – Dampare
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has denied running a one-man show at the Ghana Police Service. Dampare was responding to allegations that he was responsible for the leaked tape that has sparked a lot of controversy in recent days. Addressing the parliamentary committee probing the leaked audio, …
Read More »Leaked tape probe: Wild allegations by my colleagues caused severe pain to my family – Dampare
The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Dampare Akuffo, has disclosed that the wild allegations made by some senior Police officers have caused severe pain to his personality and his family. COP George Mensah, one of the top police officers at the centre of the alleged plot to kick out the …
Read More »I’m not the worst IGP; I want to transform Police Service – Dampare
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has disagreed with the assessment of the former Director-General of Police Operations, COP George Alex Mensah, that he is the worst IGP in the history of Ghana. Appearing before the parliamentary ad-hoc committee probing the plot to oust him, Dampare said that his …
Read More »Leaked tape probe: I don’t visit Mahama and he doesn’t visit me – Dampare
The Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akufo Dampare, has vehemently denied allegations that he visits former President John Dramani Mahama. Dr. Dampare, while addressing the matter before the Parliamentary committee probing the leaked audio, emphasized the role of a police officer in providing services to the citizens, highlighting that former …
Read More »Zosimli Naa accuses Tema Port of auctioning over $400k medical equipment for hospitals
The Zosimli Naa Palace is accusing the Tema Port of auctioning a 40-foot container full of medical equipment meant for the Tamale Teaching Hospital and other hospitals in the Northern Region. The equipment estimated to cost over Gh¢4.6 million ($400,000) includes dialysis machines, oxygen tanks, and incubators among others which were procured …
Read More »Plot to oust IGP: I’ll clap for Dampare if he really recorded leaked tape – Franklin Cudjoe
The founder and president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has stated that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare if he indeed was responsible for the recording of the leaked tape of an alleged plot by some senior police officers to oust him, has done wrong. Speaking in …
Read More »We have nothing to hide – Atta Akyea clarifies
Samuel Atta Akyea, the Chairman of the ad hoc committee of parliament investigating a leaked audio tape to oust the IGP, has said that they do not have anything to hide. He said that what the mandate of the committee, set up by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is …
Read More »Ghana police affirm Security to minority prior to demonstration
A letter released by the Ghana Police to the minority in parliament has assured them of security ahead of their demonstration against Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, which has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 3, 2023. The basis of this demonstration is the fact that the minority disapproves …
Read More »Ghana’s EC begins Limited Voter Registration
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) Tuesday began the registration of new voters onto the electoral roll ahead of the December 19 District Level Elections. The Exercise, which is in accordance with Article 45 of the 1992 Constitution, will take place at the 268 District Offices of the Commission – …
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