Director of Special Operations at National Security, Richard Jakpa, has filed a formal petition with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, calling for an investigation into former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame for alleged misconduct and attempted fabrication of evidence.
The senior National Security official was the third accused in the high-profile ambulance procurement case involving Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson.
In a petition dated July 23, 2025, addressed to the Director of the CID, Mr. Jakpa accuses the former A-G of soliciting his cooperation to “testify in a manner to incriminate the first accused,” Dr. Ato Forson, and to help “fast-track the conclusion of the case.”
The petition details a phone conversation allegedly held on March 26, 2024, between Mr. Jakpa and Mr. Dame, which Jakpa claims he has attached as evidence.
According to the petitioner, during the call, the then-Attorney General advised him on how to answer questions during cross-examination, specifically regarding Letters of Credit (LCs), in a way that would implicate Dr. Ato Forson, contrary to Jakpa’s own understanding of the matters.
“He suggested that during cross-examination I testify not based on matters personally perceived and understood by me, but based on his suggestions,” Jakpa stated in the petition.
Furthermore, Mr Jakpa alleges that Mr. Dame instructed him to procure a false medical excuse duty to delay his court appearance until the A-G returned from a trip abroad, a suggestion Jakpa says he “declined” as “criminal, dishonest and unethical.”
Describing the former A-G’s actions as “diabolical and vicious,” Jakpa urged the CID to investigate what he termed an attempt to fabricate evidence and lie to the court.
He emphasized that such conduct, especially from a sitting Attorney-General, could “breach the peace of the country and erode the trust that the public has in the esteemed office.”
At a press conference on February 14 this year, Godfred Dame insisted that his advice to Jakpa to obtain a medical report was not borne out of ill intent but rather a genuine suggestion in light of Jakpa’s health condition and his own tight schedule due to an international case he was handling.
“Not knowing he himself had that illicit agenda and was secretly recording and was saying the things that he got on the tape, which came from him and not from me,” Mr Dame told journalists at the event.
The former Justice Minister explained that Mr Jakpa eventually secured an adjournment in court based on his health condition, reinforcing his argument that his advice was purely factual.
“When he went, he actually obtained the adjournment because he was not well. So the fact of my asking him to obtain a medical certificate because he was not well was nothing but factual,” he explained.