Former Justice Minister and Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has challenged his successor, Dr. Dominic Ayine, to produce proof of a memo suggesting that charges against Bank of Ghana Governor Johnson Asiama be dropped.
Dame maintains that there is no such document and claims that lies were used to support the decision to drop the charges.
Citing a case review that revealed serious flaws in the evidence, Dr. Ayine defended his decision to drop charges against Dr. Asiama on Wednesday, February 12.
He said that during his reevaluation, he discovered an internal memo from the Attorney General’s office’s prosecution division that suggested former AG Godfred Yeboah Dame drop the charges because of doubts about the case’s strength.
Dr. Ayine stressed the memo’s influence on his choice in an interview with reporters.
“My review of some of the cases revealed fatal flaws in the case of the prosecution. A few of the examples are in order. In two of the banking trials ongoing, I took the decision to withdraw the charges against Mr. Johnson Asiama for the simple reason that in the course of my review of the cases, my attention was drawn to an internal memo prepared by the prosecutions division of our department for the attention of the former AG, the Hon. Godfred Yeboah Dame, which recommended that the charges against him be dropped. This is very significant,” he stated.
“Let me state for the record, that, to the best of my knowledge, no such memorandum exists. I do not recall receiving any such memo from the Prosecutions Division.
“I challenge Dr. Ayine to produce such a memo for the examination of the public as he has touted same to the public at a press conference as the basis for his impugned actions.”
