The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has alleged that former Minister of Interior, Henry Quartey, played a key role in former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s decision to appoint COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the then-Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP).
According to Abronye DC, Henry Quartey, at the time, claimed Dr. George Akuffo Dampare was a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). As a result, he allegedly advised Akufo-Addo that the NPP needed someone affiliated with their party to help them in the 2024 elections.
In an interview on Wontumi TV on March 14, 2025, Abronye DC stated, “NPP people shouldn’t blame Dampare for the party’s loss in the 2024 elections. Instead, they should direct their anger at Henry Quartey, the former Interior minister.
“He was the one who woke Akufo-Addo from his sleep and told him that Dampare was an NDC man. Therefore, he advised that Yohuno Tetteh, an NPP man, should be appointed Deputy IGP and placed in charge of operations to assist in the elections.”
Abronye DC further alleged that almost all accusations against Dampare at the Jubilee House were orchestrated by Henry Quartey.
He also said that he warned Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that Henry Quartey’s decisions would lead the party into opposition.
“In one of our discussions, I told them, Akufo-Addo and Bawumia were present, that because of the problems Henry Quartey had created within the Ghana Police Service, he was leading us into opposition. Almost all the allegations against Dampare at the Jubilee House were orchestrated by Henry Quartey,” Abronye DC stated.
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