The former Northern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, has claimed that one of the police officers involved in the recorded conversation discussing the removal of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo-Dampare, has ceased communicating with him since the audio leaked.

He stated that he phoned the officer with the intention of learning how the audio recording had become widely accessible, but as soon as the officer recognized his identity, he abruptly ended the call and declined to respond to any of his subsequent calls.Bugri Naabu shared these details during his appearance before the Ad-Hoc Committee of Parliament on August 28.

During his testimony, he disclosed that he had recorded his conversation with the officers and had shared the recording with President Akufo-Addo. He clarified that he took this step to safeguard the party and present evidence of certain officers' plans to remove the IGP. "I called Mr. Asare and asked him who sent the tape into the public domain, and he banged the phone on me. Then I called him again and he refused to talk to me." He further revealed that he received a threat from Commander Asare through his son, indicating a threat to his life over the leaked audio tape.

“But rather, he sent a message through my son, that he will deal with me, he threatened me,” Bugri Naabu added.

The circumstances surrounding the leaked audio have triggered significant attention.

To get to the bottom of the matter, the Speaker of Parliament appointed Samuel Atta-Akyea, the MP for Abuakwa South, to lead a 7-member ad hoc committee with the responsibility of investigating the leaked audio recording.