An Accra High Court hearing the case involving the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has accepted as evidence a statement supposedly made by a witness brought before the court by the prosecutors in the case.
Ofosu Ampofo however challenged the ruling by the court today, Wednesday.
Mr. Ampofo through his lawyers filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal claiming that the witness statement cannot hold because the witness had denied knowledge of the content. The prosecution witness, Benjamin Osei Ampofo Adjei who is a broadcast journalist with Adom FM told the court last week that he did not author the content in the said witness statement.
Though agreeing that the statement had his signature, Mr. Ampofo Adjei told the court that he only signed a document brought to him when he was on his way to read the news hence could not read the content of the said document. Despite the stance of Mr. Ampofo Adjei, the High Court still admitted the witness statement as evidence, a decision lawyers of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo were not happy with.
Samuel Ofosu Ampofo is standing trial together with Anthony Kwaku Boahen, a Deputy Communications Officer of the NDC, over an alleged leaked tape in which the NDC National Chairman allegedly incited violence against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, and the Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante.
The two have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit assault against a public officer while Ofosu-Ampofo has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault against a public officer.
One of Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo’s lawyers, Abraham Amaliba, had earlier accused the state of fabricating evidence in the ongoing case hence Mr. Ampofo Adjei’s denial of the content attributed to him. “In my practice, this is the first time I am seeing a witness in the witness box denying an act that this purported to be his act… it simply means these are trumped-up charges,” he said.
“Because they are trumped-up charges, they need to couch something for the witness to append his signature,” Mr. Amaliba told Citi News after court proceedings last week.
The prosecution’s case
According to the prosecution’s facts, following the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence on January 31, 2019, Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo met with some NDC communicators on February 3, 2019. Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo and Boahen are said to have outlined an action plan which included violence against Mrs. Mensa and Rev. Prof. Asante.
The prosecution added that on February 20, 2019, Boahen granted a radio interview in which he confirmed his participation in the said meeting and also revealed that the leaked audio recording was a true reflection of what had transpired at the February 3, 2019 meeting.
Source: citinewsroom
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This shows Ofosu Ampofo is a fake Pentecost Elder as he keeps on denying this his voice on tape. What a hypocrite Christian! Well no matter what the case maybe be this fake Pentecost Elder can NEVER GO SCOT FREE. That journalist has also signed his jail warrant by denying that paper with his signature. These are the reasons why I decree like the Jews said NEVER AGAIN TO NDC. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
Evil church elder. The law has caught up with him and should be punished accordingly. He can be upset but who cares. A common photographer who sees himself as the best thing that has happened to Ghana in the 21at centuary.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE;THE ONLY LAWYER WHO CAN DEFEND OFOSU AMPOFO AND KWEKU BOAHEN IS SAMMY GYAMFI;HE HAS NEVER STEP IN COURT ROOM BEFORE BUT HE CAN BARK AT ANYTIME AT OLDER PEOPLE:LET THEM PAY THE PRICE----AMEN AND AMEN;SALUTE
who are those tinbonkoso lawyers advising him, he better change them fast before they land him in jail. who told them you can sign a document and come to court and admit that the signature is yours but you didn't read the document and the court will believe you? if that is the case then everybody can sign documents and when they realize things are going against them, come to court and claim they didn't read it so the court should throw it away? he should be serious and look for a better lawyer and stop relying on these ndc lawyers who have never won any case before ooh else he will laugh at the wrong side of his mouth before he knew it.