Ato Forson case: Dame states how his brother in the UK became anxious over allegations against him

Attorney-General (A-G) Godfred Dame has said that his brother who lives in the United Kingdom (UK), became so anxious over how he was being discussed in barber shops in parts of the United Kingdom over the allegations made against him by the accused persons in the ambulance case.

Dame revealed that some Ghanaian residents in the UK became worried over the claims against him that turned out to be false.

Addressing a town hall meeting with some Ghanaian residents in the United Kingdom, on Sunday, June 23, Mr Godfred Dame said “We should resist all the lies, deceptions, and deceits of the NDC because that is their stock-in-trade, and I personally can attest to that.

“We are in Ghana and we have been around the UK, and my brother who lives in London called me anxiously the last time because he entered a barber shop and they were talking about the Attorney-General but they didn’t know that the Attorney-General’s brother was next in line for his hair to be cut.

“Within a matter of two days when we started our cross-examination of the person who was spreading all those lies, you have seen how the matter is going. Their case has crumbled, and as the President will say, ‘the case has fallen in water’.

“So, indeed we must resist the deception and lies of the NDC because they will come with all sorts of presentations about every major action or step being taken by this government; so we should be on the lookout.”

It is recalled that the High Court on Thursday, June 13 admitted the audio recording that captured a conversation between Mr Dame and the third accused person Richard Jakpa into evidence.

Although the court admitted the recording, the trial judge Justice Efia Serwah Asare-Botwey had ruled on Thursday, June 6, that after listening to the tape, nowhere did the A-G influence Mr Jakpa to make a case against the first accused person Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.

“Having listened to the conversation between [Richard Jakpa] and A-G, the allegation that A-G sought assistance to implicate [Ato Forson] was not borne out of the mouth of the A-G but [Richard Jakpa],” she said.