The parliamentary committee investigating the leaked audio plotting to remove the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has blocked members of the police management board from attending the in-camera proceedings.
Senior police officers, who had accompanied the IGP to the hearing, were asked to leave the venue by Samuel Atta Akyea, Chairman of the committee, as the in-camera session commenced. These officers were then left waiting for the IGP in a separate conference room.
Sources within the committee have disclosed that the chairman expressed discomfort with the presence of the police officers during the proceedings, citinewsroom.com reports.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the IGP, Kwame Gyan, has made serious allegations against the committee's chairman, accusing him of pursuing an agenda against his client.
Kwame Gyan contends that despite the IGP being the victim of the leaked tape, the chairman has turned the committee into a witch-hunt against the IGP.
According to Kwame Gyan, this transformation has cast the IGP as the accused and subjected him to extensive and open-ended questioning on behalf of his detractors.
Gyan also raised concerns about Atta Akyea's conduct, alleging that the committee chairman was making prejudicial comments that could jeopardize the integrity of the investigation.
While Gyan indicated respect for Parliament and its institutions, he hinted at adopting a more assertive legal stance.
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