Judge Advises AG to Recuse Himself... Dismisses Accused's Applications

Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, a Court of Appeal Judge, has advised the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, to recuse himself from the ongoing €2.7 million ambulance case, involving the Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, and Richard Jakpa.

She admitted into evidence, the alleged audio recording between Mr Jakpa, third accused, and the Attorney-General which had become the basis for the applicants to seek mistrial. On Tuesday, June 3, Justice Asare-Botwe, did not take oral arguments from counsel of the applicants and the A-G in respect of the four motions filed by the lawyers and the affidavit in opposition, except an objection raised by Mr Thadeus Sory, counsel for Mr Jakpa.

Mr Sory told the court that the averments of his client related to matters, which were not in the personal knowledge of the Principal State Attorney and therefore, the deponent's affidavit was inadmissible on grounds of hearsay. The facts are that Dr Forson and the other accused allegedly breached the procurement law in the purchase of the ambulances.

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