Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Committee of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Frank Davies, has expressed dissatisfaction over the decision to revive the legal tussle involving former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame and Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, in the ambulance procurement case.
Speaking on The Pulse shortly after Mr Dame honoured a police invitation for interrogation on Monday, October 6, Mr Davies questioned the rationale behind reopening the matter, insisting that there is nothing to be investigated.
He explained that the High Court had earlier examined the case, hence there is no need for the Police to also resurrect the case for fresh interrogation.
“I asked what the Police CID is going to investigate? Are they going to overturn the decision of the High Court? That is my puzzle, I really don’t know why we keep doing this thing to ourselves in this country,” he fumed.
“This matter in legal parlance is res judicata; it cannot be resurrected anywhere,” he added.
Mr Jakpa and Dr Cassiel Ato Forson were both accused in January 2022 of causing financial loss to the state in the procurement of ambulances for Ghana’s health sector.
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Mr Jakpa was the third accused in the trial, which was before the Financial Division of the High Court in Accra.
The allegations against Mr Dame strike at the heart of the integrity of the Attorney-General’s office, raising serious questions about prosecutorial conduct in one of the country’s most politically charged cases.
The fresh petition
The remarks follow an official invitation extended to Mr Dame by the CID, linked to a petition filed against him by Richard Jakpa, Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat.
In the petition, dated September 23, 2025, and addressed to the Director-General of the CID, Mr Jakpa accused the former Attorney-General of fabricating evidence during his tenure in connection with the ongoing ambulance procurement case involving himself and the current Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.
Mr Jakpa alleges that Mr Dame attempted to influence his testimony during the trial to implicate Dr Forson and even encouraged him to obtain a false medical excuse to delay court proceedings, actions he described as “dishonest and unethical.”
According to the petition, the alleged incident occurred on March 26, 2024, when Mr Dame purportedly called Mr Jakpa ahead of his court appearance to “tailor his testimony” in line with the prosecution’s position on the Letters of Credit central to the case.
The former Attorney-General, accompanied by his legal team, honoured the CID’s invitation on Monday morning to respond to the claims.
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