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George Alex Mensah, the commissioner of police, has highlighted the extent to which shady activities could result in unfavorable political outcomes during elections.
On Thursday, August 31, 2023, COP Mensah was asked to relate to passages of his voice referring to “mafia work” during elections when giving his testimony at a hearing in parliament on the subject of the politically motivated recording plotting the removal of Inspector-General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare.
James Agalga, a member of the National Democratic Congress, questioned him over the following issues:
“Can you explain what you mean when you suggest in the audio that the election is about mafia work?”
COP Mensah responded: “Honourable, I never said election is about mafia work. I said in elections, there is always some mafia work. I never said election is mafia work.
What do I mean by that? During elections, if you don’t provide the needed security for persons to come out and vote peacefully and you allow people to come and disturb, snatch boxes at your strongholds, then you are ending in opposition, that is what I meant,” he stressed.
On the said tape generally, he said he could identify his voice in portions of the tape but that some part of the audio was possibly forged.
“I identify some voices that resemble mine but I cannot state specifically that these are my voices. I hear a voice that represents my voice but I can’t accept everything in the conversation.“… the audio that I listened to here today is an edited version of the conversation that we had. And because of that, wholly this audio that we have listened to is not genuine,” he said.
Source: Ewuraa/Ghanaweb
