Host of Metro TV's Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere was not moved by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare's emotional statement when he appeared before the Parliamentary Committee tasked with probing a leaked tape on plans of his ousting.

As he delved into his life journey and career within the Ghana Police Service on September 12, 2023, which included efforts to collaborate with all, including the three implicated officers from the leaked audio, the IGP's emotions started to surface.

He became visibly emotional when addressing the allegations made by two of the officers, particularly COP George Alex Mensah and Supt George Asare, characterizing them as unjust.

The IGP's eyes welled up with tears, and his voice trembled as he spoke. Cameras focused on his face at that moment captured the reddening of his eyes and a noticeable quiver in his voice.

He exclaimed: "I am an innocent person, focusing on my job, working with my team members, all commands across the country to keep the country safe and make it to be at peace with itself. I've been asked to answer these allegations which are wide, baseless," he said.

"I'm free in my spirit that this is just unfair. It is just unfair," he added as he nearly wept.

But this act, according to Mr Adom-Otchere, is nothing but a Public Relation stunt by the IGP to win over Ghanaians with his sentiments.

"I started smiling and said Dampare again. He went on this excessive PR. In doing the PR, he opened up a very humble demeanor. An extremely humble demeanor and he was going on.

"Everything he was saying was to court public sympathy. It was so much PR that he was even about to cry. The IGP sat in front of a Parliament Committee, and giving his opening remarks, was pushing himself to cry," he said.

Mr Paul Ado-Otchere also condemned the IGP for revealing his multi-ethnicity. During his testimony, Dr Dampare noted that he is a multi-ethnic Ghanaian multiethnic Ghanaian from Begroo, Akropong, and Nkonya Worupong in the Oti Region.

“I’m a Multiethnic Ghanaian that’s why I’m passionate about Ghana,” he said.

In response, Paul Adom-Otchere noted that the IGP violated Article 17 of the 1992 Constitution in his bid to make known his patriotism.

Which election is Dr Dampare running for. He was going on and on.. He comes from Nkonya, Akorpong, from the Eastern Region and then he run into difficulty of Article 17.

That is what happens when the PR is excessive. The reason he was extolling his patriotism are things that run counter to the spirit of Article 17 of the 1992 constitution.

Article 17 of the constitution deals with Equality and Freedom from Discrimination. Section 1, 2 and 3 are as follows:

(1) All persons shall be equal before the law.(2) A person shall not be discriminated against on grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion,creed or social or economic status.(3) For the purposes of this article, "discriminate" means to give different treatment to different personsattributable only or mainly to their respective descriptions by raw, place of origin, political opinions,colour, gender, occupation, religion or creed, whereby persons of one description are subjected todisabilities or restrictions to which persons of another description are not made subject or aregranted privileges or advantages which are not granted to persons of another description.

On the matter, the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has expressed concerns about the IGP Dampare’s display of ethnic, regional, and religious affiliation during his appearance before the committee on the ongoing investigation.

“I was also struck by something. The expression of ethnic, regional, and religious solidarity was sickening for me. We are talking about Ghana.

“In 2023, there is such a public display of ethnic, regional, and religious solidarity in a crucial matter such as the one that the committee is investigating,” he said.