CID Grills Dame Over Alleged Fabrication of Evidence

Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, was on Monday subjected to hours of interrogation by investigators at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Accra, following a petition filed against him over alleged fabrication of evidence in the controversial ambulance case.

Mr. Dame, who arrived at the CID office in the company of a team of lawyers aligned with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a small crowd of supporters clad in white T-shirts bearing the inscription “Don’t Defame Godfred Dame, We Stand With Dame”, spent nearly seven hours with investigators.

He was subsequently cautioned and released on self-recognizance bail.

During the interrogation, the embattled former Attorney-General confirmed having a telephone conversation with Mr. Richard Jakpa — the third accused in the ongoing ambulance case but challenged the date the call was allegedly recorded.

In a 50-point statement submitted to the CID, Mr. Dame stated: “That telephone conversation actually took place on 9 April 2024, and not 26 March 2024, as he alleges. I am unable to respond to an allegation based on an alleged conversation on 26 March 2024 since no conversation took place between us on that day.”

It remains unclear what specific charges the police may level against him following the investigation.

Tears of “political witch-hunt”

An emotionally charged Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, who served under Mr. Dame, came out strongly in defence of his former boss, calling the investigation a “political witch-hunt.”

Speaking to journalists at the CID headquarters, Mr. Tuah-Yeboah stated: “It is purely political and borne out of dislike for Godfred Dame. The complainant knows that this matter wouldn’t have arisen if he hadn’t gone to see one of his relatives, a Supreme Court judge, to speak to Mr Dame. He knows Godfred is innocent but wants to test him. We are ready for him — the truth will come out.”

Fighting back tears, the Deputy AG vouched for Dame’s integrity and professionalism.

“I can state without any equivocation that he has done nothing untoward to merit these accusations. Godfred performed his duties with diligence and honesty. The truth will stand, and he will be vindicated.”

Background to the Probe

The CID’s probe follows a petition dated July 23, 2025, filed by Richard Jakpa, now serving as Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat. Jakpa alleges that Mr. Dame, while serving as Attorney-General, attempted to influence his testimony in the ambulance procurement trial involving former Majority Leader and current Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson.

According to Jakpa, the then-Attorney General sought his cooperation to “testify in a manner to incriminate the first accused,” and to help “fast-track the conclusion of the case.”

The petition further alleges that Mr. Dame advised Jakpa during a phone call on how to respond to cross-examination questions — particularly on matters relating to Letters of Credit (LCs) — in a way that would be damaging to Dr. Ato Forson, contrary to Jakpa’s personal knowledge of the issue.

“He suggested that during cross-examination I testify not based on matters personally perceived and understood by me, but based on his suggestions,” the petition stated.

Jakpa also accused Dame of instructing him to procure a false medical excuse duty to delay his court appearance until the Attorney-General returned from a trip abroad — a suggestion he claims he “declined”, describing it as “criminal, dishonest and unethical.”