Godfred Dame is still at post to do Akufo-Addo, Ofori-Atta’s bidding – Amaliba

The Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has indicated that Attroney-General Godfred Dame should have been a goner in any serious jurisdiction.

He said that Mr Dame is still at post just to do the bidding of President Akufo-Addo and former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in prosecuting the first accused, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, in the ambulance purchase trial.

Moreover, the NDC Communicator underscored that Mr Dame’s conduct in the audio conversation brought disgrace to the office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.

Mr Amaliba disagreed with the trial judge’s decision to offer advice instead of an order for the Attorney-General to recuse himself from the case.

The third accused person, businessman Richard Jakpa, in his affidavit to the court for a stay of prosecution or the court dropped all charges against him, alleged that the Attorney-General “explained to me that the first accused’s prosecution had to be undertaken because of pressure from the former Minister for Finance [Ken Ofori Atta and the President],” adding that the A-G “assured me repeatedly that I was not the target of the prosecution.”

However, the judge dismissed all four applications filed by the first and third accused persons, Dr Ato Forson and Richard Jakpa, seeking, amongst other reliefs, a stay of prosecution and for a mistrial hearing due to the alleged misconduct of the A-G.

The trial judge, Justice Efia Serwah Asare-Botwey advised that Mr Godfred Dame recuse himself from the ongoing case in the interest of justice and the public.