The Chairman of Parliament’s ad-hoc committee overseeing the investigation into the leaked tape involving discussions about the removal of the IGP, Samuel Atta Akyea, has disclosed that certain senior police officers have submitted a petition to the committee.
Although the specifics of their petition have not been made public, Mr. Atta Akyea affirmed the committee’s unwavering dedication to ensuring that the truth is uncovered.
This development follows the testimony of four crucial witnesses who appeared before the committee.
“Whilst we were sitting, the petitions were brought to us. We have not even read them but trust us as a committee that there is nothing of consequence that we will brush aside. It is going to be a very comprehensive process so if people want to aid us to do our fact-finding, we will not block them.
“But first of all, the rest are doing some serious reading of what is supposed to be the original tape and that will inform our next activity and what material is different from what we have used and then we will do what we call the proper analysis of the new tape and that will inform what we will do next.”
“If your name is on the tape and your role is significant when we are doing the proper fact-finding, then it is automatic that you will have to appear here before the committee. But the issue for determination, we will all decide if we do an obvious interrogation like the one we are doing on-camera or we do in-camera because of national security,” Atta Akyea explained.
Mr. Atta Akyea also mentioned that the committee will investigate a legal action filed against IGP George Akuffo Dampare concerning promotions within the police service.
“We have also just seen that some police officers have even taken the IGP to court in relation to their promotion. So I have instructed for the writ so we know the content of what is pending in court.”
However, Inusah Fuseini, the former Chairman for Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs, expressed concern over the degree of political bias displayed by the police witnesses during their appearances before the committee.