A former head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service wants the claims made against the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare to be investigated.

According to DCOP Bright Oduro, the issues raised by COP Alexander Mensah during his appearance before Parliament’s ad-hoc Committee should not be swept under the carpet.

According to him, the president can set up an inquiry to investigate the issues raised in the service.

“So for me, we shouldn’t brush aside, or throw to the wind the accusations made against the IGP, there should be further probe. If we investigate and find out the IGP is doing what exactly he is mandated to do fine. If on the other hand, we find out that he is not managing the police well, as the officers were saying, then we find ways of rectifying whatever problem there is,” he said.

DCOP Oduro’s comment comes after the Director General in charge of operations, COP Alex Mensah accused the IGP of not running the service properly. The Police commissioner had appeared before the committee to respond to allegations captured in a leaked tape that he was supposedly a part of a plot to remove the IGP from office.

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According to COP Alex Mensah, serving officers are unhappy with the IGP, adding that any independent investigation will affirm this claim.

“It is true; the current IGP is not managing the service well. And I will not deny this today or tomorrow. I will say it everywhere I go. You can do your own investigation within the service and you will know.”

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Responding to the issues in an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story on Thursday, DCOP Oduro said some police officers have also expressed misgivings about the way the IGP manages the service.

He added that there are quite a number of senior police officers who share the same sentiment.

He asserted that other issues raised in the leaked tape to oust the IGP such as the relationship between the police and the military should also be given attention.