Former Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has rebuked current Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine over what he describes as a false claim regarding the timeline of witness statement filings in the Republic v. Ato Forson & 2 Others trial.

In a Facebook post published on Tuesday, July 29, the former AG disputed Dr Ayine’s assertion that it took his office six months to file witness statements in the case.

Mr Dame called the claim “palpably false” and accused the Attorney General of routinely peddling misinformation in press conferences.

The defendants in the case were first arraigned on January 18, 2022. According to court orders issued that day, all disclosures, including witness statements, exhibits, and defence documents, were due by February 15, 2022.

Mr Dame said the prosecution fully complied, submitting all relevant materials by February 14, 2022, just 27 days after arraignment, not six months as Ayine claimed.

Mr Dame provided a copy of the January 18 proceedings and the document titled “Documents To Be Relied On” filed on February 14 as evidence of compliance.

He stated that at no point did the Attorney-General’s office requested an extension or file materials late in the Ato Forson trial.

“This is less than one month, and not six months as wildly claimed by Dr. Ayine,” Dame wrote. He questioned whether the discrepancy was due to “sheer recklessness or a deliberate effort to make his predecessor, and by extension the office he now heads, look bad.”

Mr Dame described Dr Ayine’s actions as “an attack on the very office he now heads” and called the dissemination of misinformation “highly unprofessional.”