The Director General of Operations for the Ghana Police Service, COP George Alex Mensah has said he lobbied to become an IGP but he didn’t get it.
The Director General of Operations for the Ghana Police Service, COP George Alex Mensah, has admitted that it is his voice on the tape that plotted the removal of the Inspector General of Police, George Akuffo-Dampare.
The officer who is also a lawyer and a Chartered Accountant, however, said the content of the tape had been doctored.
Appearing before the Ad-Hoc Committee set up by Parliament to investigate and ascertain the veracity or otherwise of the tape, COP Alex Mensah admitted to having a meeting with the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Northern Regional Chairman, Bugri Naabu.
He admitted that he ones sent a CV to someone but the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Northern Regional Chairman, Bugri Naabu requested for it to lobby for an IGP position for him but he did not get it.
“I lobbied for the Position of IGP but it didn’t work. I sent my CV to someone and then Chairman Bugri Naabu requested for it. I had wanted to become the IGP but I didn’t get it and I’m not the first person to lobby for position and didn’t get it. People lobby and they don’t get so it is normal to lobby”.
Story by Mubarak Yakubu/Voicefmonline.com
