The Deputy Director of Communications for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Malik Basintale, has called for treason charges against COP George Alex Mensah.
Basintale argued that given COP Mensah’s professional stature, his statements in the leaked IGP audio should be taken seriously.
Speaking to the media, he emphasized that someone of COP Mensah’s caliber could potentially act on the remarks made in the leaked recording.
“The COP is not an ordinary individual and if we do not know who we are speaking about, we are speaking about someone who has risen to the apex of the Ghana Police Service. In fact, from the COP, he could only become IGP and deputy IGP. Aside from that, he’s ended.
“And you think that we should take his comments lightly? Look, I think that he should have been charged with treason by now. Because you don’t sit down and swear everything, stating emphatically that a multi-party state like Ghana should have only one political party all because he sat there and said his family belongs to the Danquah-Busia tradition, he is a known NPP member, all his life he’s been an NPP member; and so, what?
He expressed concern over COP Mensah’s comments in the leaked audio, where he allegedly advocated for a one-party state in Ghana based on his political affiliation and family ties.
Background:
A leaked audio recording involving a Police Commissioner and a politician discussing plans to remove the Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, has sparked public outrage.
In the audio, a retiring Police Commissioner identified as Alex Mensah is heard discussing with the politician, Bugri Naabu, about removing the IGP due to concerns that he would be too strict during the 2024 elections. COP Mensah expressed worries that the IGP would not tolerate electoral manipulation, citing the security measures during the Assin North by-election as evidence of his commitment to fair elections.