Kofi Bekai, a private legal practitioner, argues that the name of Supreme Court judge Justice Yuleno Kulendi in the ongoing ambulance trial was not for the wrong reasons.
The lawyer believes that the Supreme Court judge has done nothing wrong based on the evidence shown thus far.
He said this in response to a question on whether there could be implications for the judge since his name has come up several times in the ongoing matter.
Under cross-examination, Richard Jakpa admitted that he had met the Attorney-General in his cousin, Justice Yonni Kulendi’s, house even when Godfred Dame was a Deputy Minister.
The businessman also told the court that, at the time, the A-G was not his friend, and as a result, he could not confirm whether Mr. Dame knew him as a person.
Another question was also put to him: the A-G did not also know that Jakpa was Justice Kulendi’s cousin.
He responded, “I can’t confirm that for him because I’m not in his memory; he is the best to answer that.”
Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, Mr. Bekai said, “As far as I know, the Supreme Court judge is related to the third accused. What he sought to do was find out the outcome of the prebargaining deal.
That was what he wanted to find out, and he asked the Attorney General about it. So that was the extent to which the judge met the two. From what I have learned, after meeting for the first time, Jakpa took AG’s number and continued having further discussions with him.
There have also been about 68 messages Jakpa sent to the Attorney-General, and the replies from the AG were only two. So why did Jakpa bring only messages to court? That is why the AG has also brought the other text messages before the court. The evidence would be weighed. As far as I know, the Supreme Court judge only asked a question on the matter and has in no way interferred in the matter or influenced the Attorney General in a negative manner. He only asked a question about the status of the matter and the prebargaining,” he said.
Mr. Kofi Bekai added that all available evidence related to the matter would be weighed by the court and a determination given as to whether it was relevant to the trial.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
