Private legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini has stated that there were a few irrelevant information during Thursday's proceedings in the ongoing ambulance procurement trial.
He emphasised that such information might not be useful and would likely not be considered by the trial judge, Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe.

“There’s a bit reported from the proceedings that I find irrelevant and may not be useful to the entire proceedings. Declarations of war and all of that – the judge will clearly not take these into consideration as they do not impinge on the matter itself,” Mr Anyenini said.

Testifying in court on Thursday, June 20, Mr Jakpa revealed that he had told the Attorney-General that there was a "war" between them, regardless of whether he was jailed or discharged.
He claimed this animosity stemmed from the Attorney-General allegedly destroying his businesses and stripping him of his international networks.

He further claimed that Mr Dame had assured him he would be let go at the no-case submission stage of the trial, only to disappoint him.

“I told AG there's a war between us whether I'm jailed or discharged because he destroyed my businesses and stripped me of all my international networks, “he said.

He continued "I told the AG I would use my underworld skills to pay him back,” Mr Jakpa testified about his verbal altercations with Mr Dame during a meeting at Justice Yonny Kulendi’s house.

Reacting to this, Deputy Attorney-General Alfred Tuah Yeboah described Mr Jakpa's declaration of war against the Attorney-General as unfortunate.

“It is quite unfortunate, to be frank with you. That declaration of war, whether he is acquitted or convicted, puts us on notice, and the necessary steps will be taken,” he said.

On the back of this, Mr Anyenini noted that a threat of harm could itself be a criminal act.

However, he clarified that such declarations would not influence the examination of the evidence regarding whether someone caused financial loss to the state or not.