COP Alex Mensah, who is being investigated over the alleged plot to remove the current Inspector General of Police (IGP), in a leaked tape, says he received intel that the government was considering a replacement for Dr George Akuffo Dampare.

He made this claim when he appeared before the Parliamentary committee tasked with probing the leaked tape on Friday, September 1, 2023.

According to COP Alex Mensah, former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bugri Naabu, informed Superintendent Asare that Dr Akuffo Dampare was going to be replaced.

"Mr Bugri Naabu told Asare that the IGP is likely to be changed and they are looking for a replacement."

When asked the rationale behind the replacement by a member of the committee, James Agalga, COP Alex said: "What he said is that he wants to change him because they don't like the kind of work that he is doing. That's all he said."

He therefore, per his account with Parliament's committee, sent his CV to Bugri Naabu for the role of IGP.

"I had heard his name when it comes to NPP party circles, that he was a former chairman; he is a friend of the President. So once my boy told me that the man says he is ready to recommend me but he wants to see me, I said why not," he said.

COP Alex Mensah shares the same alleged sentiment that the IGP has been 'inefficient' due to 'mismanagement". According to him, many officials in the Service have been gagged by the IGP.

"I've insisted that he is not managing the Service very well. Why, because now, as we speak, he has shut up the mouths of every police officer, including the Public Affairs Department. Nobody speaks," he said.

The Police Management Board (POMAB) is headed by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).

The Board is made up of Schedule Officers who assist the IGP in the day-to-day administration of the Ghana Police Service.