Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has defended the decision to drop all charges against the current Bank of Ghana official, Dr. Johnson Asiama, citing a review that exposed significant weaknesses in the prosecution’s evidence.
Dr. Ayine revealed that his reassessment of the case uncovered an internal memo from the prosecution division of his office.
The memo, addressed to former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame, explicitly recommended that charges against Dr. Asiama be dropped due to concerns about the case’s strength.
Speaking to journalists in Accra on Wednesday, February 12, Dr. Ayine emphasized the importance of the memo in his decision-making process.
“My review of some of the cases revealed fatal flaws in the case of the prosecution. A few of the examples are in order. In two of the banking trials ongoing, I took the decision to withdraw the charges against Mr. Johnson Asiama for the simple reason that in the course of my review of the cases, my attention was drawn to an internal memo prepared by the prosecutions division of our department for the attention of the former AG, the Hon. Godfred Yeboah Dame, which recommended that the charges against him be dropped. This is very significant,” he stated.
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