Former Attorney General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has attributed the recent discontinuance of some high-profile criminal cases by the A-G as an orchestrated attempt to whitewash officials of the NDC accused in such cases.
He has accused the current Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, of orchestrating a calculated plan to whitewash accused National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials by discontinuing some high-profile criminal cases.
Addressing the media at a press conference Friday, February 14, 2025, he noted that the Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, decided to use the backdoor few days after his swearing-in to drop cases involving members of the governing Nati onal Democratic Congress (NDC).
“Dr. Ayine was sworn in as Attorney-General on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. On Friday, January 24, 2025, he caused to be filed a notice of abandonment of the appeal by the State in Republic versus Ato Forson and 2 Others. On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, he withdrew the case against Dr. Stephen Opuni and 2 Others, resulting in the complete whitewash of their crimes by an acquittal and discharge through the backdoor.
“On January 29, 2025, he entered another withdrawal in Republic versus Ofosu-Ampofo & Another, again resulting in an acquittal and discharge of the accused. On January 30, 2025, Dr. Ayine withdrew two different cases against Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama, resulting in his acquittal and discharge in one and a discharge in the other,” he listed.
Dame accused the A-G of harnessing plans to withdraw high-profile cases on a daily basis, making him tag Ayine of engaging in a “one day, one withdrawal” practice.
“There were more withdrawals and nolle prosequi to be entered by the NDC Government through the Attorney-General in the subsequent days. Indeed, what broke the trend of ‘one day, one withdrawal’, was the occurrence of weekends,” he added.
He alerted the public that the development suggests a pattern by the government to clear people aligned with the NDC that are involved in high-profile cases
“Fellow Ghanaians, these developments irresistibly point to only one conclusion – a calculated, preconceived ploy on the part of the NDC to wipe out all criminal cases pending against its leading members and officials of the John Mahama Government and clear them of wrongdoing, not by the courts, but through their Attorney-General,” Dame added.
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