Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has commended Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine for withdrawing the ambulance case against Minister of Finance Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson and businessman Richard Jakpa.

According to Kpebu, Dr. Ayine's decision has spared the nation further embarrassment.

In an interview with Accra-based Adom FM's Dwaso Nsem on January 30, 2025, which was monitored by GhanaWeb, Kpebu stated that the withdrawal was long overdue, especially after the alleged leaked tape between Jakpa and former Attorney General Godfred Dame surfaced.

Martin Kpebu, who is also a member of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee, expressed enthusiasm about the new development.

He said, "I applaud the Attorney General for saving us from this great embarrassment. The High Court should have struck out the case immediately after the tape leaked."

Kpebu further criticised Godfred Dame, former President Akufo-Addo, and Ken Ofori-Atta over the leaked tape, calling them a "disgrace" to Ghana.

He also accused Godfred Dame of unfairly targeting individuals, like ACP Benjamin Agordzo, who was linked to an alleged coup plot.

"We must not condone this act in any way, especially when someone tries to convince a witness in a case to lie. Godfred Dame, Akufo-Addo, and Ken Ofori-Atta have been a disgrace to Ghana, and now we see their end. Clearly, you don’t do that."

“That is the same thing Godfred Dame did to ACP Agordzo. He wasn’t part of the coup plotting, yet Godfred Dame forcefully added him to make the case bigger. Luckily, I was with Agordzo, so he heard it himself. All these things are a disgrace to our justice system,” he said.

Background

On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, withdrew an appeal initiated by his predecessor, Godfred Yeboah Dame, against a Court of Appeal ruling that acquitted and discharged Ato Forson and Richard Jakpa of charges related to causing financial loss to the state.

In a Notice of Abandonment of Appeal dated January 23, 2025, Dr. Ayine stated that the state had decided not to pursue the matter any further.

“Please take notice that the Republic, having previously served notice of appeal against the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on July 30, 2024, hereby gives notice that it does not intend to prosecute the appeal further and abandons all proceedings related to this matter from the date of this notice," he stated.