Police Superintendent George Asare has aligned himself with Commissioner of Police (COP) George Alex Mensah's suspicion that the covert recording of their conversation with Bugri Naabu was part of a larger scheme.

As a Protocol officer within the Service, he has indicated that his investigations suggest that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) may have been responsible for facilitating the recording for undisclosed motives.

This pertains to a leaked audio in which police officers were overheard discussing plans to identify a replacement for the current IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare. The release of this conversation caused significant controversy and led to a Parliamentary investigation.

This specific allegation arose when he was questioned by a parliamentary committee about who might have manipulated the tape.

Last Friday, COP Alex Mensah informed the committee that he believed the leaking of the tape was orchestrated by IGP George Akuffo Dampare.

“He sent some people to do it, after which he went for it. So the tape, from my intel, is with the IGP, and he caused it to be leaked.

“So if this committee wants the tape, the right person to call before this committee is the Inspector General of Police,” he said on Friday, September 1.

When asked for his opinion regarding COP Mensah's statement today, Supt George Asare affirmed and provided an explanation for his agreement.

According to him, intelligence gathered shows that “the IGP agreed with Bugri Naabu after Bugri Naabu had gone to inform the IGP that “somebody wants your post oo, he has come to me” to the extent that the CV that was collected from Commissioner and sent to Bugri Naabu by those boys…The CV that was intended for the appointing authorities, he gave it to the IGP.”

The officer mentioned that he possessed additional information but was concerned that its disclosure might jeopardize national security. As a result, he requested an in-camera hearing to share these details, including the individuals he believed played significant roles in what he suspected to be an act of sabotage.

“I will be happy that I say more when I am in-camera because it is not a healthy development at all,” he further mentioned.

“If you could remember when Alhaji [Bugri Naabu] called me, he knows my name and that I am Asare but God works under mysterious circumstances. I don’t know what moved Bugri Naabu into calling me Asante.

“And the Asante, per our Intel, is a corporal or sergeant who has been promoted to go to police college to become an ASP. And this same ASP, it was Commissioner George Alex Mensah who made him go to the peacekeeping mission. ‘Masa’ let me say this in-camera.”