Richard Jakpa Reveals Multiple Meetings with Attorney General Dame in Ambulance Trial
Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the high-profile ambulance trial, disclosed in court that he met with Attorney General Godfred Dame on four occasions, raising questions about potential pressures and influences in the case.
In a significant revelation during the high-profile ambulance trial, the third accused, Richard Jakpa, disclosed in court that he met with Attorney General Godfred Dame on four separate occasions. This admission was made after Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe allowed an audio recording of a conversation between Jakpa and Dame to be admitted as evidence.
Jakpa's disclosure provided an opportunity for the defense lawyers representing Ato Forson to extensively question him about his claims that the Attorney General had pressured him at unusual hours to incriminate Forson. When asked about the number of times he had met with Dame, Jakpa stated that all four meetings occurred at the residence of his cousin, Supreme Court Judge Justice Yonny Kulendi, between 9:30 PM and 11:30 PM.
According to Jakpa, two of these meetings took place in 2022, specifically in February and July. During cross-examination, he revealed that the first meeting on February 16, 2020, was initiated at his request. Jakpa wanted to explain his side of the story to the Attorney General, believing the charges against him were unfounded. At this initial meeting, Jakpa claims Dame assured him that he would be discharged during the ruling on the submission of no case.
For the second meeting in July 2022, Jakpa indicated that he was summoned to Kulendi's house to meet Dame. He decided to cooperate based on the earlier assurances of his discharge from the case. Jakpa further alleged that at this meeting, Dame requested specific documents he had previously provided to the Economic and Organized Crime Office, which Jakpa agreed to share. These documents included an addendum to the main contract for the ambulance supply and a letter from former Health Minister Alex Segbefia nominating government officials to travel to Dubai to discuss the contract with Big Sea. Jakpa hoped that by sharing these documents, the Attorney General would recognize his innocence.
Jakpa also disclosed that there was another meeting in March 2024, just days before he opened his defence, as well as a meeting before the ruling on the submission of no case in 2023.
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