The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has leveled accusations against the National Democratic Congress (NDC), alleging that the opposition party manipulated a tape featuring a conversation between Supreme Court judge Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, Attorney General Godfred Dame, and Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ambulance case.
In court on Thursday, May 23, Richard Jakpa claimed that Godfred Dame approached him multiple times, seeking his help to implicate the first accused, Dr. Ato Forson.
Dr. Ato Forson, a former Deputy Finance Minister and current Minority Leader, is facing charges for his alleged involvement in the procurement of faulty ambulances for Ghana.
Contradicting Jakpa's allegations, Attorney General Godfred Dame asserted that it was Jakpa who had repeatedly reached out, sending several letters to request a plea bargain in hopes of having the charges against all accused persons dropped.
However, the AG clarified that no agreement had been reached regarding these proposals.
In a Facebook post on Monday, May 27, Henry Nana Boakye, also known as Nana B, the National Organiser of the NPP, provided further context.
He revealed that the meeting in question took place at the residence of Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi and was attended by the Attorney General at Kulendi's request.
Nana B emphasised that the full recording of the conversation would exonerate the Attorney General, demonstrating that AG never asked Mr Jakpa to alter his testimony.
He suggested that the recording would provide clear evidence against the manipulation claims made by the NDC.
"The latest in this charade is the claim of possessing some damning evidence which has been found out to be a recording by Richard Jakpa at a meeting the AG was invited to by a Supreme Court judge, Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi without being informed Richard Jakpa will be present."
"We are reliably informed that NDC is trying every means to maliciously ‘doctor’ the said tape to exclude portions of the conversation and particularly the voice of the Supreme Court Justice, whose invitation the AG honoured out of courtesy."
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