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Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, the Deputy Attorney General (AG), has questioned the veracity of the audio recording that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) released.
Speaking with the media outside of Amnesty International’s Human Rights and Death Penalty Report 2023 launch, Mr. Tuah-Yeboah refuted the NDC’s allegations while putting up a solid defense for his boss, Godfred Dame.
The NDC made public on Tuesday what it describes as an audio recording of a discussion between Godfred Dame, the Attorney General, and Richard Jakpa, the third defendant in the contentious ambulance purchase case.
This comes after Richard Jakpa, the third accused, said that the Attorney General had previously contacted him to assist in constructing a case against Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the former Deputy Finance Minister.
Since then, the NDC has demanded Mr. Dame’s resignation.
Mr. Tuah-Yeboah retorted that the NDC lacked grounds for demanding Mr. Dame’s resignation.
He emphasized that the AG is still committed and would be back to finish his work.
“It is not confirmed whether what we have is an authentic audio. That’s the first thing. The second thing is that the Attorney General is very resolute, very firm, very healthy and is undertaking his duties as Attorney General. He is currently out of the jurisdiction and very soon he will be back to continue his duties as Attorney General,” he said.
“There is no doubt that the Attorney General had a conversation with the third accused, as you’ve heard from our spokesperson. Very true, circumstances led to that kind of conversation and we think nothing untoward was said.”
The Deputy Attorney General stated that the recording would not be related to the ongoing ambulance procurement issue when asked how it would effect it.
“We’re in court and cases of this nature are fought in court. We have closed our case in that matter. The first accused has closed his case, and the third accused person is in the witness stand undergoing cross-examination.
“The audios, if there are any, have nothing to do with what we are doing in court. And the judge made it known that what we are doing in court is different from what we are doing in the public space, that is, politicking.
“Our focus is to do what we’re doing in court for us to get to the end of this matter,” he stressed.
On calls for the A-G to recuse himself from the case, the Deputy A-G responded “There’s no basis”.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
