Gary Nimako, the Director of Legal Affairs for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has warned against denigrating the office of the Attorney General.
According to Gary Nimako, the Office of the Attorney General needs to be treated with the greatest respect as investigations commence into a petition filed against former AG, Godfred Dame, at the Police CID.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, October 6, 2025, at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Accra, Gary Nimako stated, “We are coming here with an open mind. Godfred Dame is a very law-abiding person. We are here to listen to them, and we will see how it goes.
One thing we should be careful about is that we do not denigrate the office of the Attorney General. It is a very crucial office”.
Godfred Yeboah Dame arrived at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service headquarters with a huge legal team.
The former Attorney General’s team included former deputies Alfred Tuah Yeboah, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, lawyers Frank Davies and Gary Nimako Marfo, and Kow Essuman.
Kobby Amoah, a lawyer who was present to support Dame, told journalists in Accra on Monday, October 6, that “We are here to support the former Attorney General, Godfred Dame… There is a presumption of innocence, so anyone who has been accused of doing something, unless the person has been proven guilty, the person is still innocent.
“So as lawyers, we are here to ensure that that is true…I think we are all aware why he’s here, about certain allegations that have been made against him, flowing from the Ato Forson trial… We are here to support him, and we are here to prove his innocence… I think so far it’s been so good. We are all following the regular processes.”
Also, Moses Abhor, the Greater Accra Youth Organiser, speaking in an interview on Monday, 6 October 2025, Moses Abhor stated, “We are all here because of him (Godfred Dame) and Wontumi. We heard that for him, it is Jakpa who has petitioned.
That is what I heard, but as to whether it is true or false, that one I don’t know, but he’s on his way coming so very soon he will be here”.
It will be recalled, the Director of Special Operations at the National Security, Richard Jakpa, has petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame.
Jakpa has petitioned the CID to investigate Godfred Yeboah Dame over alleged attempts to fabricate evidence during the trial of Dr Ato Forson and two others.
The petition, which was dated July 23, 2025, was formally signed by Richard Jakpa himself. It details a phone conversation allegedly held on March 26, 2024, between Mr Jakpa and Mr Dame.
Richard Jakpa, who was the third accused person in the high-profile ambulance procurement case, which involved the now Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.
According to Jakpa, Godfred Dame misconducted himself when he allegedly asked for his cooperation to incriminate Ato Forson.
In the petition, Jakpa revealed the former Attorney General wanted him to testify in a manner to incriminate Dr Ato Forson to help fast-track the conclusion of the case.
He revealed a testimony used to incriminate Dr Ato Forson, which led to a phone call placed to him by Godfred Yeboah Dame on March 26, 2024.
Jakpa stated in the petition, “In the phone conversation between the then-Attorney General and me, which I have attached to this petition, he suggested that during cross-examination I testify not based on matters personally perceived and understood by me”.
“In that telephone conversation, Godfred Dame directly engaged me on the subject of the Letters of Credit (LCs) as an Attorney-General of the Republic of Ghana”, he stated in his petition.
Jakpa added, “stated how he thought I should answer questions regarding the Letters of Credit during cross-examination contrary to my honest understanding and knowledge of how Letters of Credit work”.
According to Jakpa, he opposed Dame’s legal conspiracies even though Dame asserted that it would not bear any risk to him.
He alleged, “He further said he would be travelling out of the country and not able to be in court at the next adjourned date, and that I seek an adjournment from the court by getting an excuse duty from a hospital to the court that I was sick to allow him to be present in court before I proceed with my testimony”.
“Declined this criminal, dishonest and unethical suggestion from him as an Attorney-General then”, Jakpa wrote.
He stated that the alleged attempt by Godfred Dame for him to testify in a dishonest way to implicate Dr Ato Forson, in his opinion, constituted fabrication of evidence.
Jakpa called on the CID to investigate Dame to face the full consequences if found to be culpable, because this is very necessary.