NDC Calls For Resignation of Attorney General After Audio Evidence Against Him In The Ambulance Case

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding the immediate and unconditional resignation or dismissal of Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame Yeboah. The party insists that Mr. Dame should not only be removed from his position by President Akufo-Addo but also face prosecution.

This call follows allegations made against the Attorney General in open court on Thursday, May 23. The third accused in the ongoing ambulance purchase trial, Richard Jakpa, accused Mr. Dame of persistently pressuring him to implicate the first accused, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson.

During a press briefing, NDC’s National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, presented an audio recording purported to capture a telephone conversation between Mr. Dame and Mr. Jakpa. In the recording, the voice, alleged to be that of the Attorney General, advises Mr. Jakpa to seek a medical excuse to avoid attending court proceedings until Mr. Dame’s return to the country.

Aseidu Nketia said;

“Considering the scandalous nature of this recording and other forms of evidence we have shown you, we wish to make the following pressing demands as part of efforts to restore credibility to the Attorney-General’s office and Ghana’s judicial system as a whole.

“The immediate and unconditional resignation or dismissal of Godfred Dame for bringing the high office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice into disrepute and public opprobrium. Clearly, Mr. Dame is not fit to hold himself out as Attorney-General and Minister of Justice. He is unfit to be the leader of the Ghanaian Bar,”