Former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, has justified the reasons for recording the plot to remove the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akufo-Dampare, from his position.

According to him, the motive for recording the contentious leaked tape was for him to play it to President Akufo-Addo for him to decide.

Mr Naabu made the revelations on Monday, August 28, when he appeared before the Committee probing the issue.

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He said he would ordinarily record his conversations with other persons but had to record this one, so he does not lie to the President.

According to him, he did not want his relationship with the President not to be jeopardised.

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"The reason for recording this tape is that they are coming to tell me to go and tell the President something that they know what they are saying, and it is either I don’t go to tell the President and then I and my party suffer for it and if I also go to talk to the President, it is good to tell him the right thing and since I cannot keep everything they were telling me at that point, it was very good to record, and I know the President I go and tell him something, and it turns not to be true, next time he won’t give me respect," he said.

He added that he requested someone to do the recording for him since he did not have the knowledge to do it.

"I didn’t do it myself, but I called someone to come and do it for me," he added.

Background

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin tasked the seven-member committee to probe the leaked audio recording proposing the clandestine ouster of the IGP.

The conversation on the recording suggests solicitations by an unnamed influence-peddling policeman seeking that the current Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare be ousted from office so someone more sympathetic to the cause of the ruling party replaces him.

The whole plot, per the conversation, is to get the police to support the rigging of Election 2024 in favour of the ruling NPP.

The Minority MPs have protested vehemently against the alleged plot, and have called for a forensic probe to fish out those engaged in the unhealthy conversation so they may face the law.

MPs on the Majority side have doubted the authenticity of the recording and have also denied any association with or desire to rig any election, saying the NPP will win the 2024 polls cleanly.