Godwin Edudzi Tamekloe, the Head of Legal Affairs of the NDC, has publicly challenged Attorney General Godfred Dame to take the witness stand in the high-profile ambulance involving the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson.
The challenge comes in the wake of Mr. Dame’s comments at a town hall meeting with Ghanaian residents in the United Kingdom, where he claimed that the NDC’s allegations had crumbled during the cross-examination of the third defendant.
During an interview with Umaru Sanda on Eyewitness News, Mr. Tamekloe did not mince words, accusing the Attorney General of cowardice and questioning his decision to speak on the matter in London.
He noted that the AG is refusing to take the witness box because he is afraid the third accused, Richard Jakpa, has more evidence against him.
“He, Godfred Dame, has obviously had the benefit, and he hasn’t ignored the wise counsel of the learned judge, who asked to abstain from the case, and he still came. When the objection was taken, he had the benefit of telling the DPP that ‘that is not my voice and say that the representation of the recording was doctored’, but none of this featured in the objection raised in court.
“Suffice to say that the learned trial judge, in her wisdom, admitted the audio in court. Which judge would admit a doctored tape as evidence? There is this street conversation where you cannot shame an already shamed or shameless person. If Mr. Dame has any understanding of what shame is, he will not be talking in London on this matter. In fact, he should be the one calling for a truce. The case that is ongoing looks like it is Godfred Dame who is on trial.
“…If you are a man, what you do is take the witness stand and take an oath that you will tell the truth, the whole truth. Certainly, Mr Godfred Dame is a coward. He is afraid of perjury. Because he is not certain what more Richard Jakpa has on him,” he stated.
