The Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has said it is unperturbed by the admission into evidence of the tape containing an audio recording between Godfred Dame and Richard Jakpa.
Deputy Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has said although his outfit objected to the admission of the recording, it is unfazed about it.
The court says the recording between third respondent in the matter, Richard Jakpa, and the A-G, Godfred Yeboah Dame, may come in handy in the cause of the case.
During a media engagement after proceedings in court Thursday, June 13, 2024, the Deputy A-G stated that his office is not bothered about the content of the tape, adding that the legality of its admission is another matter his outfit does not want to test.
“In terms of the content [of the audio], we are not minded by that, because it is something that is in the public domain but as to whether you can tender a recorded audio, it is something that we don’t want to test,” he stated.
Dr. Ato Forson, Sylvester Anemana and private businessman Richard Jakpa are standing trial for willfully causing a financial loss of €2.37 million to the state through a contract to purchase 200 ambulances for the Ministry of Health, among other charges.
The state has, however, discontinued the case against Sylvester Amemana.
Godfred Dame has been accused by Richard Jakpa, of impressing upon him to falsify his account against the Minority Leader to get him imprisoned due to the pressure he is getting from the President and the Finance Minister.
He said the A-G met and called him during odd hours to coerce him to oblige by his demands, one of such conversations he recorded and has been admitted by the court into evidence.
Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, the presiding judge in the trial, admitted the tape on the basis of fairness Thursday.
According to her, the reasons for admitting the recording during the mistrial application on June 6, 2024, still apply.
She noted that the audio has been admitted in the interest of fairness since any electronic evidence by the prosecution would have been allowed.
