Former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has come under fire from Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai for remarks he made about the dropping of charges against those involved in the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) issue.
Former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba’s attorney, Mr. Dame, had called the charges’ withdrawal an abuse of the court system.
In an ongoing criminal case, the Attorney General dropped all charges against the former head of NAFCO and his wife on May 5, 2026, after investigators allegedly found new evidence.
Mr. Dame claims that the development calls into question how Ghanaian law enforcement and criminal cases are carried out.
Dr. Srem-Sai, however, defended the decision in an interview with the media on Thursday, May 7, stating that it was in line with conventional criminal process if new evidence comes to light during investigations.
“You cannot just come to court when you have fresh evidence in a criminal trial and start throwing around the evidence,” he stated.
“You need to hear from the accused persons regarding the fresh evidence. That will inform your final decision whether you will charge the person or not. But to say that fresh evidence is not available merely because you don’t have it is completely improper and unethical.”
Despite the charges being dropped, Dr. Srem-Sai insisted that the prosecution was still confident in its case against the accused.
“We are still confident that we have a strong case against the accused person, there is no doubt about that,” he stated.
“A fresh evidence means you have discovered something new. Whether that will lead to a new charge or beef up the old case is why we need to interrogate the accused person to hear his side of the story.”
He also questioned why the former Attorney General had openly attacked the procedure, arguing that requesting further interrogation upon the discovery of new information is a standard part of criminal investigations.
He said, “It is part of criminal procedure to do that whenever you have fresh evidence. I don’t know why this has become an issue for the former Attorney General, who should know better, to be lamenting across the media, making the same point.”
Source: newsthemegh.com