The Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat, Richard Jakpa, has formally petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame for alleged misconduct and attempted fabrication of evidence.
Mr. Jakpa, the third accused in the ambulance procurement case involving Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, submitted the petition on July 23, 2025.
In the petition, he accused the former Attorney-General of soliciting his cooperation to testify in a manner that would incriminate Dr. Forson and “fast-track the conclusion of the case.” He said he attached a phone recording of a conversation allegedly held with Mr. Dame on March 26, 2024, as evidence.
According to Mr. Jakpa, the former A-G advised him on how to respond to questions during cross-examination, particularly regarding Letters of Credit (LCs), in a way that contradicted his own knowledge of the matter.
“He suggested that during cross-examination I testify not based on matters personally perceived and understood by me, but based on his suggestions,” Mr. Jakpa alleged.
He further claimed that Mr. Dame instructed him to procure a false medical excuse to delay his court appearance until the A-G returned from an overseas trip—an action Jakpa said he rejected as “criminal, dishonest and unethical.”
Describing the former A-G’s conduct as “diabolical and vicious,” Mr. Jakpa urged the CID to investigate what he called an attempt to mislead the court and undermine public trust in the office of the Attorney-General.
Responding earlier at a press conference on February 14, 2025, Mr. Dame denied any wrongdoing, insisting that his advice to Jakpa to obtain a medical report was based on genuine concern for his health and the tight scheduling of an international case he was handling.
“Not knowing he himself had that illicit agenda and was secretly recording. The things he got on the tape came from him and not from me,” Mr. Dame told journalists.
He added that Jakpa eventually secured an adjournment in court due to ill health, which, he argued, confirmed that his advice was “nothing but factual.”
On July 30, 2024, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson was acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal of charges of causing a financial loss of €2.37 million to the State. Also set free was Richard Jakpa, the businessman who was standing trial with Dr. Forson on a count of abetment to wilfully cause financial loss to the State.
Dr. Forson had been on trial for two years on various counts of wilfully causing financial loss to the state and misapplying public property in a deal to purchase 200 ambulances for the State from 2014 to 2016 during his tenure as a Deputy Minister of Finance.
Source:Lovinghananews.com
