NDC Releases Secret Recording Of Godfred Dame Purportedly Coaching Witness To Implicate Ato Forson

• A secret recording has been released suggesting Godfred Dame tried to turn a witness against Minority Leader Ato Forson in the ambulance case
• The recording captures a conversation between Dame and Richard Jakpa over the case concerning a financial loss of €2.37 million
• The case concerns a government deal to purchase 200 ambulances between 2014 and 2016 when Forson was the deputy finance minister

The National Democratic Congress has released a 16-minute recording and some screenshots as evidence to support Richard Jakpa's claims that Attorney General Godfred Dame tried to turn him against Minority Leader Ato Forson in the ambulance case.

The recording captures a conversation between Dame and Jakpa, in which he purportedly coached Jakpa on the statements against Forson to make in court.

The controversy began when Jakpa said in court last week that he had been pressured to provide testimony detrimental to Forson.

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Jakpa, a businessman, had alleged that the Attorney General had been calling him at odd hours.

According to the NDC, this tape substantiates Jakpa’s claims and raises serious questions about the Attorney General's conduct in this high-profile case.

"In the recording under reference, Richard Jakpa reveals that Godfred Dame had met him on several occasions at the residence of a sitting Supreme Court Judge to impress on him to testify in a manner that the prosecution wants," NDC chairman Asiedu Nketia said.

In the audio, Jakpa disagrees with Dame's insistence that he implicate Forson in wrongdoing, citing some official documents.

"I cannot go against what the letters say and the contracts say," Jakpa noted in the audio.

"If I go by that way, frankly speaking, I will be dishonest because I know that is not how it supposed to be," he is also heard saying.

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Dame was also heard pushing a "theory" that would make things easier for Jakpa.

The full audio is captured in the video below.

Forson, who became minority leader in January 2023, has been accused of causing the state financial loss of €2.37 million.

The case concerns a government deal to purchase 200 ambulances between 2014 and 2016 when Forson was the deputy finance minister.

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Proofread by Berlinda Entsie, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh