The Director General of Operations for the Ghana Police Service, COP George Alex Mensah has disclosed that he has always wanted to be made the Inspector General of Police (IGP).

According to him, this lobbying has been ongoing since the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) assumed office in 2017.

The lawyer cum chartered Accountant said even though he has not been successful at that yet, he has not given up on that desire.

The Police chief also confirmed to the committee that he's a sympathiser of the NPP.

COP Alex Mensah made this known on Thursday, August 31, when he appeared before an Ad-Hoc Committee of Parliament probing the content of a leaked tape believed to be an alleged plot to remove the current IGP, George Akuffo Dampare from office.

"I gave my CV to someone to give to Bugri Naabu for him to lobby for me to be appointed the IGP. We all lobby. I started lobbying since 2017.

Asked whether he trusted in the ability of Bugri Naabu to lobby for him to become the IGP, the COP answered in the affirmative.

The Commissioner of Police, however, noted that Bugri Naabu’s testimony about him in the presence of the committee were full of lies.

“We were all here when Supt. Gyebi denied that he never spoke to Bugri Naabu. Bugri Naabu came here to lie,” he said.

On July 25, the Speaker of Parliament named Abuakwa South MP, Samuel Atta-Akyea as the chairperson of a 7-member ad-hoc committee to probe the recently leaked controversial audio in which voices are heard clandestinely plotting to oust the Inspector General of Police.

The viral audio, which revealed a supposed conspiracy by a senior police officer and a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remove the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare from office, resulted in a debate on the floor of Parliament with the Minority calling for a forensic audit.

Subsequently, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin proposed the setting up of the Special Committee.

Mr. Bagbin asked the committee to submit its report by September 10, 2023.