Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo has raised serious allegations against Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, accusing him of exhibiting autocratic tendencies and engaging in “heavy arbitrariness” in his approach to leadership.
In a recent interview on Neat FM, Agordzo claimed that Dampare’s leadership style has caused undue hardship for some officers within the police force. He further suggested that the IGP’s alleged actions are marked by excessive personal discretion and a lack of procedural fairness, leading to what he described as a “vindictive” environment for certain personnel.
“There is a cult system in the police service where whoever he does not like is in trouble. On the other hand, those he likes can be promoted a hundred times in a year. He can lift you from a junior to a senior position immediately, and he can promote you twice or three times in one year or two years. That is the kind of system we have,” he stated.
He accused the IGP of acting out of vindictiveness by transferring officers who attended a funeral with COP Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), without involving the Ghana Police Service’s Transfer Board.
“It is a system that if he doesn’t like someone and you associate with the person, he will transfer you right away. That is who the IGP is, and I can give you names. Names like Ayisi, Adjei, and other people who went to a funeral with Madam Tiwaa. Because they attended a funeral with Madam Tiwaa, they have been transferred from the base to the remotest part of Ghana,” he stated.
ACP Agordzo was freed by a High Court after standing trial on charges of being an accomplice in a coup plot.
Following his acquittal and discharge, ACP Agordzo has written a book titled “From Prosecution to Freedom: Reflections on My Journey Through the Justice System in Ghana,” detailing his custody and trial experience.