Spokesperson for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign, Nana Akomea, has quashed claims that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, has the potential of influencing the outcome of an election.

In a time of engagement with the media on KROKOKOOO, Nana Akomea explained that there had been several case where the police service voted against the ruling party at at a particular time.

Hence, he said, "I don't agree with the narrative that an IGP can influence elections. I won't agree to it today and I wont agree tomorrow. I have explained to you that the IGP is just one person, and at a time when the NDC was in power, even the votes of police officers were against the government of the time. So...IGP...even the votes of police officers kraa he can't influence it, talk less of influencing the vote of you and I."

He asserted that even in the time of the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), John Kudalor, "his government suffered the worst defeat than any government in the fourth republic.

"So if an IGP is capable of influencing votes, the evidence is against it. Some people are saying that the IGP was the cause of defeat in Assin North, but how about Kumawu. It doesn't make sense! That assertion does not make sense! That the IGP caused the NPP's defeat in Assin? How about Kumawu? Isn't it the same IGP...or he travelled? I say it does not make sense. Even the electoral commissioner cannot influence votes, neither can the IGP," Mr. Akomea explained.

Meanwhile, a private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has called for the authority to appoint an Inspector General of Police (IGP) to be removed from the president of the country.

He argued that the police service tends to become politically biased when officers believe that their promotion or appointment depends on the ruling political party.

Lawyer Martin Kpebu made these remarks during a discussion on the weekend edition of The Keypoints on TV3, as the panel deliberated on the leaked audio discussing the potential removal of IGP Dampare by COP Alex Mensah, Bugri Naabu, and Supt. Asare.