IGP leaked tape: Committee’s report ‘anaemic’, must be rejected – Atta Akyea

The
Chairman
of
the
ad
hoc
committee
set
up
to
probe
a
leaked
tape
on
a
plot
to
remove
the
IGP
from
office,
Samuel
Atta
Akyea
says
the
report
of
the
committee
is
anaemic
and
lacks
substance
for
any
Parliamentary
action.

The
committee’s
report
which
was
not
signed
by
the
Chairman
revealed
that
the
three
senior
police
officers,
COP
Alex
George
Mensah,
Supt.,
George
Lysander
Asare
and
Supt.
Emmanuel
Eric
Gyebi,
misconducted
themselves,
a
major
offence
under
Police
regulations,
and
must
be
sanctioned
in
accordance
with
the
Police
disciplinary
procedure.

However,
in
debating
the
report
on
the
floor
of
Parliament,
the
Chairman,
Samuel
Atta
Akyea
urged
the
house
to
reject
the
committee’s
report
over
the
lack
of
logical
foundation.

“I
want
to
submit
with
the
greatest
of
respect
that
this
report
reduced
parliament
and
the
good
committee
of
parliament
to
a
conveyor
belt
that
anything
they
drop
on
it
should
go.
You
do
not
just
listen
to
people
who
come
before
a
committee
and
that
will
bring
you
to
a
conclusion
of
the
matter.
You
delve
into
the
matters.
A
committee
of
parliament
is
not
a
conveyor
belt.
They’re
supposed
to
delve
into
this
matter.
And
on
that
showing,
this
report
is
so
anaemic.”

“It
lacks
substance
for
plenary
to
find,
with
the
greatest
of
respect
any
decision
on
it
and
to
uphold
this
report.
Yes.
And
I
urge
this
House
to
reject
this
report
because
there
is
no
foundation
of
evidence
for
this
report.
And
we
shouldn’t
make
a
resolution
based
on
such
an
anaemic
report,”
he
stated.

The
Vice
Chairman
of
the
ad
hoc
committee,
James
Agalga
in
response
said
such
comments
are
a
misrepresentation
of
facts
by
the
Chairman
of
the
committee.

“Mr
Speaker,
quite
a
number
of
issues
have
been
raised,
which
constitutes
a
gross
misrepresentation
of
the
facts
and
of
the
report…in
the
course
of
the
committee’s
deliberations,
the
chairman
had
the
opportunity
to
raise
the
arguments
that
he
has
canvassed
before
this
house
this
evening
that
we
could
not
elevate
conspiracy
to
the
level
of
our
criminal
jurisprudence
under
section
23
of
the
criminal
and
other
offences
act
and
we
all
agreed
as
a
result
of
that
intervention,”
he
stated.

“Mr
Speaker,
if
you
look
at
the
report,
we
did
not
use
the
definition
of
conspiracy
under
section
23
of
the
Criminal
and
Other
Offenses
Act.
We
borrowed
the
dictionary
meaning
of
conspiracy
and
dealt
with
the
matter
as
such,”
he
stated.