Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has accused the current Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Ayine, of spreading what he called blatant falsehoods and engaging in deliberate attempts to undermine the Office of the Attorney-General.
In a statement issued on July 29, 2025, Dame dismissed as "palpably false" Dr Ayine's assertion during a press conference on July 28 that it took the Attorney-General's office six months to file witness statements in the high-profile trial of Republic v Ato Forson & 2 Others.
Dame clarified that the accused were first arraigned on January 18, 2022, and the court directed the prosecution to file disclosures by February 15, 2022.
According to him, the Office of the Attorney-General filed all necessary documents, including witness statements and exhibits, by February 14, 2022, within 27 days of arraignment. "The Office of the Attorney-General never, on a single occasion in the Ato Forson trial, requested further time to file a witness statement, or indeed, any document at all," Dame said.
