The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has refused to rescue himslef from prosecuting the ambulance trial.
According to him, although the presiding judge advised him to do so, he would want to continue prosecuting the matter.
The High Court judge presiding over the ambulance case advised the AG to step away from the trial.
This recommendation came after the judge expressed concern over the AG’s interaction with the third accused person, Richard Jakpa, outside of the court.
Although the judge ruled that there were no sufficient grounds to discontinue prosecutions against the accused persons, she advised the AG to recuse himself.
Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe advised the AG to remove himself from the direct prosecution of the case, believing that this would be in the best interest of the judiciary.
But Mr. Dame said he remains prepared to continue prosecuting the matter.
“…The judge herself even after her ruling clarified that she has not given any such order at all but it is only an advice…I am conducting the matter I am still conducting the trial. The most important point today is that all the applications filed by the applicants have been dismissed in their entirety.”
“All the five applications have failed. And I think that in reaction to this, I will say that it clearly shows that there are a group of people in this country who ride on manipulation of facts, distortion, and deception of the public. They are always seeking to mislead and deceive the public. Today they have been exposed,” he stated.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
