Former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame has fiercely responded to allegations made by MP Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor regarding his security details during his tenure.
In a strongly worded letter, Dame accused Dafeamekpor of fabricating claims and spreading misinformation on TV3’s The Key Points program.
“You falsely claimed that I moved around with fifteen military officers in bulletproof vehicles. That is a complete lie,” Dame stated, rejecting the accusations as an attempt to tarnish his reputation.
The former AG clarified that throughout his eight-year service, he never had more than one bodyguard.
“At no point did I have a convoy or military escort. The only security assigned to me was one bodyguard, and that arrangement remained unchanged from my time as Deputy Attorney-General to my last day in office.”
Dame also dismissed claims of extravagant spending. “I lived in my private residence, never requested government accommodation, and never used state vehicles in Accra. The only time I used a government car was for rare travels outside Accra,” he asserted.
He demanded an immediate retraction on the same TV3 platform, warning that failure to do so would result in legal action. “If you persist in peddling these falsehoods, I will take legal steps to seek punitive damages for defamation,” Dame cautioned.
The letter was copied to the Speaker of Parliament, parliamentary leadership, TV3, and major media houses, underscoring the gravity of the issue.
Meanwhile, watch this Ghana Month special edition of People and Places as we hear the story of how the head of Kwame Nkrumah’s bronze statue was returned after 43 years, below:
