Ato Forson Trial: Godfred Dame Accuses A-G of Peddling Lies

Former Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has accused the current A-G, Dominic Ayine, of peddling lies in his recent submission about the “Ato Forson” trial.

At a press conference on July 28, 2025, Ayine said it took Dame six months to file witness statements in the said case.

“This is palpably false, just like many other statements by him,” he said in a statement on July 29, 2025.

In his statement, he said the accused persons in the case were arraigned before the court for the first time on January 18, 2022, during which the court gave directions for the filing of disclosures after granting bail to all the accused and adjourned proceedings to February 15, 2022.

In compliance, he said the Prosecution filed all documents to rely on, including all intended exhibits, documents required by the defence and all witness statements of witnesses to be called by the Republic on 14th February, 2022 – within 27 days (less than one month), and not 6 months as wildly claimed by Dr. Ayine.

“For the sake of banishing falsehoods and exposing the ways of the wicked, I hereby exhibit a copy of the record of proceedings for 18th January, 2022 and the process titled ‘Documents To Be Relied On’ filed by the Attorney-General on 14th February, 2022. The Office of the Attorney-General never, on a single occasion in the ‘Ato Forson’ trial, requested further time to file a witness statement, or indeed, any document at all.”

He has since questioned the motive behind the claims by the A-G.

“The important question is, how can the period of 27 days within which the Attorney-General filed witness statements and documents to be relied on in the ‘Ato Forson’ trial appear to be six (6) months in the mind of Dr. Ayine? Is it sheer recklessness or a deliberate effort to make his predecessor and, for that matter, the Office he now heads, look bad?

“The docket on the case is in Dr. Ayine’s office, and the facts could easily have been verified. I have said before that the tendency of the Attorney-General to publish plain untruths, half-truths, and misinformation against the prosecuting team and courts adjudicating cases previously being prosecuted by his Office is highly unprofessional. Dr. Ayine’s actions constitute an attack on the very Office he now heads.”

Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/