Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has observed that the devilish plan by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to jail Cassiel Ato Forson at all costs is very worrying.
According to Ransford Gyampo, the prosecution of Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson in the ongoing ambulance trial is a “vicious scheme” to jail him.
Gyampo reiterated that such a vicious mannerism by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) “should be worrying to all well-meaning Ghanaians who cherish our cohesion and peace.”
Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ambulance case alleged that Attorney General Godfred Dame once divulged to him that pressure was exerted on him [Dame] by President Akufo-Addo and the former Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta to prosecute Ato Forson.
In a Facebook post, Prof . Ransford Gyampo said that if the allegations made by Richard Jakpa turn out to be factual, then the incumbent NPP will be the “worst offenders in decimating public confidence in our court and judicial processes.”
“The vicious scheme to jail Ato Forson at all cost by the NPP, as revealed by Richard Jakpa’s recent application in court, should be worrying to all well-meaning Ghanaians who cherish our cohesion and peace.
“In his witness statement, Jakpa, I am told, testifies on oath that the Attorney-General told him that the reason for his inclusion in the prosecution is to mask the real intention behind the whole trial and that it was the President of the Republic and Ken Ofori-Atta who are mounting pressure for Ato Forson to be jailed. Jakpa is therefore asking the court for an opportunity to testify to these matters and be cross-examined.
“If truly, someone deserves to be punished, so should it be. But if Jakpa successfully adduces evidence to back his claims, the NPP would succeed in being the worst offenders in decimating public confidence in our court and judicial processes.”
“It is disappointing to note that these things are happening under a regime that we all thought knew better,” Prof Ransford Gyampo added.