Some ardent supporters of the former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame resist police attempts to clear supporters from the CID premises.
In a viral video, some police were spotted trying to clear the CID premises of the former AG’s supporters.
A supporter of Godfred was heard saying, “Don’t push me, don’t dare”.
Another supporter in a T-shirt with #Dont Defame Dame added, “What is the NDC government doing, are we foreigners or what, we are not going to move anywhere, we are Ghanaians, they should take me to Nsawam”.
Meanwhile, Godfred Yeboah Dame arrived at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service headquarters with a huge legal team.
The former Attorney General’s team included former deputies Alfred Tuah Yeboah, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, lawyers Frank Davies and Gary Nimako Marfo, and Kow Essuman.
Kobby Amoah, a lawyer who was present to support Dame, told journalists in Accra on Monday, October 6, that “We are here to support the former Attorney General, Godfred Dame… There is a presumption of innocence, so anyone who has been accused of doing something, unless the person has been proven guilty, the person is still innocent.
“So as lawyers, we are here to ensure that that is true…I think we are all aware why he’s here, about certain allegations that have been made against him, flowing from the Ato Forson trial… We are here to support him, and we are here to prove his innocence… I think so far it’s been so good. We are all following the regular processes.”
Also, Gary Nimako, the Director of Legal Affairs for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has warned against denigrating the office of the Attorney General.
According to Gary Nimako, the Office of the Attorney General needs to be treated with the greatest respect as investigations commence into a petition filed against former AG, Godfred Dame, at the Police CID.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, October 6, 2025, at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Accra, Gary Nimako stated, “We are coming here with an open mind. Godfred Dame is a very law-abiding person. We are here to listen to them, and we will see how it goes.
Additionally, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, has categorically denied allegations by businessman Richard Jakpa, now Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat, the third accused, in the controversial ambulance case against former Majority Leader and now Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.
Delivering a 50-point statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Monday, October 6, 2025, Mr. Dame described the claims as “baseless,” “sour grapes,” and “a desperate ploy to obstruct justice.”
He dismissed Jakpa’s accusations of fabrication of evidence in the case titled “Republic vrs. 1. Cassiel Ato Forson, 2. Dr. Sylvester Anemena, 3. Richard Jakpa.” He argued that “none of the ingredients of the offence have been made out in the charge against me.”
Denial of the fabrication allegation
According to the former Attorney-General, “I did not fabricate any evidence led in that criminal trial. I have not been shown any piece of evidence adduced in the matter, either by the prosecution or the defence, which is alleged to be fabricated by me.”
He maintained that he “never attempted to influence the testimony of Richard Jakpa, and indeed, he was not influenced at all when giving evidence in the case in question.”
Explaining the legal definition of the alleged offence, Mr. Dame stated that “the offence of fabrication of evidence entails causing a circumstance to exist, making a false entry in a book, record, account or forging a document adduced as evidence at the trial, with intent to mislead a judge, juror or public officer acting in a judicial capacity. No act of mine borders on the doing of anything that will constitute fabrication of evidence.”
He revealed that the so-called evidence relied upon by Jakpa was “a secret recording of a telephone conversation between himself and me on 26 March, 2024.”
However, Mr. Dame clarified that “that telephone conversation actually took place on 9 April, 2024, and not 26th March, 2024, as he alleges. I am unable to respond to an allegation based on an alleged conversation on 26 March 2024 since no conversation took place between us on that day.”
Context of the telephone call
Mr. Dame outlined that by the time of the said phone conversation, “the prosecution had long filed and made available to the defence, and even gone ahead to tender in evidence all the documents it sought to rely on.”
He emphasized that the documents had been filed as early as “14th February, 2022,” and that the High Court had already ruled that a prima facie case had been established against the accused persons on “30th March, 2023.”
By then, “the first accused, Dr. Ato Forson, had closed his case,” while the second accused’s case had been discontinued due to ill health. According to Dame, “the only accused person left was Richard Jakpa, who was in the process of testifying. He opened his defence by himself as he had fired his lawyer, Mr. Aubyn.”
The former Attorney-General insisted that he called Jakpa merely “to discuss the possibility of adjourning proceedings for that day since I had to finish up preparations for an international arbitration hearing in London.”
He further added, “I will produce evidence of this as well. In the course of the discussion, he revived his disagreement over the meaning of the contract in question and the implications of using Letters of Credit as payment for the ambulances, which were proven to be not fit for purpose.”
“No fabrication, just resentment”
Mr. Dame described Jakpa’s complaint as one born out of personal frustration. He said: “This complaint by Richard Jakpa is just sour grapes as he felt aggrieved by my refusal to yield to his representations, in those meetings with Justice Kulendi, for me to discontinue his prosecution.”
He added that Jakpa was “hugely disgruntled and resentful of me following my insistence on proceeding with this prosecution despite the pressure he and the other accused persons brought on me to halt their prosecution.”
He further alleged that the first accused person, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, had personally visited his residence in 2023 “to make representations and impress upon me to stop his prosecution. This, I refused to oblige.”
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