L-R: Prof Ahwoi was reported to have questioned Mahama over the withdrawal of Ato Forson’s case
Leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Kwamena Ahwoi, has reacted to reports claiming that he questioned the integrity of President John Dramani Mahama over the withdrawal of the Ambulance Case appeal involving Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.
A former Central Regional Minister under the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Kwamena Duncan, reportedly claimed on Peace FM that Prof. Ahwoi expressed his displeasure with Mahama over the decision of the state to withdraw the Ambulance Case.
Speaking to this in a statement shared by Peace FM on Sunday, October 19, 2025, the NDC founding member described the reports as misleading.
Prof Ahwoi said that he was never on the radio station as asserted and did not make the comments attributed to him.
“My attention has been drawn to certain online news reports falsely attributing to me comments allegedly made by Mr Kwamena Duncan of the NPP on Peace FM.
“These reports claim that I questioned the integrity of President John Dramani Mahama in relation to the decision by the Attorney-General to withdraw an appeal concerning the dismissal of the Ambulance Case previously before the Supreme Court,” parts of the statement read.
It concluded, “I wish to state emphatically that I have neither appeared on Peace FM nor made any such comments. I therefore urge the general public to disregard these false and misleading reports.”
Ambulance Trial: AG withdraws case against Jakpa and Dr Ato Forson
The controversial ambulance procurement trial involving the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, and businessman Richard Jakpa was thrown out by the Court of Appeal on July 30 after several years in court.
The case, which dates back to 2015, sought to prosecute the accused persons for allegedly causing financial loss of €2.37 million to the state in a deal to purchase 200 ambulances for the country between 2014 and 2016.
The then Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Dame, filed an appeal challenging the decision of the court.
However, his successor, Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, withdrew the appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling that acquitted and discharged Ato Forson and Richard Jakpa of charges related to causing financial loss to the state.
In a Notice of Abandonment of Appeal dated January 23, 2025, Dr. Ayine stated that the state had decided not to pursue the matter any further.
“Please take notice that the Republic, having previously served notice of appeal against the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on July 30, 2024, hereby gives notice that it does not intend to prosecute the appeal further and abandons all proceedings related to this matter from the date of this notice,” he stated.
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