Legal counsel for former National Food Buffer Stock Company Chief Executive, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has rejected claims by Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai that he avoided contact with the Economic and Organised Crime Office.
He stated that members of his legal team remained at the EOCO premises for several hours during the engagement.
According to the defence, senior lawyers waited at the office from morning until late evening.
“Colleagues from my office were there throughout the day. They were there from about 10:00 AM on Tuesday until about 8:00 PM. EOCO officers even closed and left them there. EOCO has cameras; they will see the lawyers there.”
Godfred Yeboah Dame
Therefore Dame maintained that his personal presence was not necessary for the interrogation process.
He questioned why his physical presence was being made central to the issue, stating that other lawyers were present and actively handled the interrogation.
He explained that proceedings continued smoothly on Tuesday with legal representatives in attendance, even though he was not part of that group.
He dismissed claims that his absence affected the process, insisting that they were false.
He revealed that he made several attempts to reach the EOCO boss, Raymond Archer but received no response.
He further argued that these calls contradicted the prosecution’s narrative.
Mr Dame denied accusations that he was conducting a media campaign over the matter.
He insisted that his focus remained on defending his client through lawful means.
“I also want to address this issue about comments he claimed I made about the judiciary. It is again totally false and in the spirit of his disrespectful and propagandist drive to run me down unnecessarily. No such statements were made by me.”
Godfred Dame
He stated that he had no intention of undermining the competence of current judges.
According to the defence, the former Buffer Stock Chief Executive faced public condemnation before formal charges were filed.
The lawyer argued that the situation created the impression of a predetermined outcome.
The Defence team also pointed to the withdrawal of the original charge sheet after one year of proceedings.
They maintained that no fresh evidence has emerged during the latest interrogation sessions.
As such Mr. Dame questioned the justification for the client’s two-day detention earlier in the week and disclosed that the former Chief Executive became ill while in custody.
Former Attorney General Accuses Deputy AG of Misquoting His Remarks
Mr Dame accused Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai of deliberately misrepresenting his comments on court proceedings.
He explained that his earlier remarks focused only on the experience of certain judicial benches.
The senior lawyer denied claims that he ever assigned cases to judges during his tenure.
He clarified that such authority was never part of his mandate as Attorney General.
He referenced his years of legal practice under several Chief Justices in Ghana.
He thus expressed respect for the traditions and standards of the country’s courts.
Mr Dame highlighted past instances where courts protected the rights of accused persons, while identifying concerns with two specific Circuit Court decisions linked to the matter. He said one ruling made an allusion to “Animal Farm,” while another involved the denial of bail based on comments expressed through a caricature.
He stressed that these were the only issues he raised regarding those judgments.
However, he clarified that he has no problem with the judges currently handling the cases. He praised their conduct as being up to standard, noting that he knows many of them, including Justice Acheampong, and respects their professionalism.
“But clearly, I am saying that when Srem-Sai deliberately misquotes what I have said, he ought to be called to order. He misquotes me and says that I am saying that in my tenure as Attorney General I used to assign cases. When was I assigning cases as Attorney General? Definitely not. That is a very propagandist statement to make.”
Godfred Yeboah Dame
He insisted that he never assigned cases during his tenure as Attorney General and described the claim as false.
Consequently, he noted that his statements were deliberately misquoted and misrepresented and requested Srem-Sai should be called to order for the misrepresentation of his words.
The former Attorney General therefore indicated that the next steps in the matter lie with the Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai and his superiors, whom he described as “running the show.”
He furthermore challenged them to present the evidence they claim to have, insisting that the prosecution must substantiate its case.
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