Security Analyst, Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd), has said that if the military officer, while testifying in court, only presented a letter as evidence to prove the dismissal of the third accused, Richard Jakpa, in the ongoing ambulance trial, then something might be wrong.

The Military High Command confirmed that Richard Jakpa was dismissed from the Ghana Armed Forces based on persistent offences and acts of misconduct.

Richard Jakpa vehemently denied ever seeing the supposed letter confirming his dismissal from the military since he left the service 17 years ago.

Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah on Thursday, June 27, tendered in evidence of Richard Jakpa’s supposed dismissal letter from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).

Mr Jakpa's lawyers argue these claims aim to discredit his testimony in the trial involving the Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.

In court on Thursday, July 18, Secretary to the Military High Command and custodian of documents at the Ghana Armed Forces, Nana Adu Gyamfi, discounted Richard Jakpa’s allegation that he was never given a letter relating to his dismissal.

According to Nana Adu Gyamfi, Mr Jakpa was dismissed based on inefficiency through lack of application and interest. He contended that his service with the Military was largely marked by indiscipline and fraudulent misconduct.

Speaking on JoyFM’s Top Story on July 18, the security analyst explained that by military law, before one is dismissed, there are several proceedings, and with each procedure, there is documentation.

He argued that if Nana Adu Gyamfi only presented a letter as the basis for the dismissal, then something was wrong.

“In that disciplinary court Marshal, witnesses will be called so a number of the things that are been referenced, he owed the regimental fund, he owed this, he owes that, he did not pass his promotion exams, all of these are documentary evidence.

"All of this would be recorded and at the end, the president of the disciplinary court marshal will write a report with recommendations and because the commanding officer can not dismiss or release an officer from the service, reference will be made to the appropriate superior authority.

“So it is that appropriate superior authority who has to approve the sentence. In this case, the dishonorable or whatever release that would be documentary evidence. It must exist. If it does not exist and the letter that is being referenced is only a letter written by my good friend, Col Okyere then I think something would have been missing," he said.