Lawyer Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, a member of the legal team for embattled National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Deputy Communication Officer Kwaku Boahen, who have been incriminated in a purported criminal leaked tape, is demanding for the identity of his client's accusers.
According to him, just as Jesus Christ knew his accusers to be Pharisees, it is imperative that in cases of such nature, the identity of those who have implicated the two accused persons is disclosed, since the foundation of the Ghana's criminal law is Judeo-christian.
“The point is that even in the Bible, Jesus knew his accusers that they were Jews and so in the case of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Kwaku Boahen, we want to know the accusers . . . I always make this point that the foundation of our criminal law is Judeo-christian belief. It is the belief of Christianity which formulated the bulk of our criminal legislation,” he argued.
Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe admitted that even though the case is between the republic and Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Kwaku Boahen, it is also fair to know the actual accusers since it is clear the "so-called evidence" leading up to the decision to charge the two NDC activists that the state is relying on, did not just materialize out of thin air.
“As it is a criminal matter, obviously it will be the republic verses Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Kwaku Boahen but the republic did not walk to sniff for cases; it was someone who put the case before the republic that someone has committed a crime and so criminal charges should be made against him. There must be a face to the charge for a complainant and so that is what we are seeking now,” he demanded.
He explained that “there is no indication as to who the complainant is. The first letter which invited us by the police stated that they have intercepted audio recording on social media and so they are investigating the audio recording but in terms of charges, they brought issues about threat to cause harm, so legitimately it means that it is someone that our client intended to cause harm to. It raises a lot of issues. Is it the person who came to complain to you or the police decided to conduct investigation into the audio recording on social media? We just want to know”.
Whiles admitting that the defence team has been furnished with details of witnesses the prosecution intends calling on to solidify their case, they still want the identity of the complainant.
“We have put this small motion before the court to give order to the prosecution to give us that diary of action so that at least, at the end we will know who the complainant is in this matter is . . . We cannot say that someone has stolen without knowing from whom; the victim should be the complainant in this case,” he stated.
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@Kojo Thank You! I don't understand why these politically motivated lawyers are so ***barred word*** lame. Trying to be clever with rhetorical statements that they have not thought through more often than not, makes them look ***barred word***.
Ndc must stop the blasphemy so not to make God much angrier! when did you know God to be mentioning his name or you think the name of the Lord is politics! when you insulted and denigrated men of God you are now comparing yourselves to the Lord may he deal with you severely like those who made fun of Elija and of Jesus ! The fact that Ofosu Ampofo called himself an elder and the Pentecost church has kept quiet doesn't mean he is of the Lord for even Judas Iscariot was one of the disciples of Jesus Christ but was evil among his disciples and planned with the Chief Priest and the teachers of the law and elders to kill Jesus and indeed collected money and sold Jesus out so who said Ofosu Ampofo is a Christian when he is moving with the Pharisees who try at every opportunity to find fault against others they perceive to be their enemies and who said Ofosu Ampofo is not like Judas Iscariot who met the Chief Priest, the teachers of the law and elders to kill Jesus like he met the ndc to kidnap, kill and make their opponents feel uncomfortable and such a person is being described by quoting the Bible, his ndc lawyers and himself who are using the word of the Lord for their evil intentions will suffer for that like Judas Iscariot ! The Lord still liveth and his reign is forever ! God has no time for unrepentant souls like the ndc !and Jesus said to one of those robbers who were crucified along himself that you will be with me in paradise why?because at the last hour he repented and asked God to remember him but the one in ndc nature never repented so went to hell. Has Ofosu Ampofo repented? where are the T'di girls? their parents miss them their parents want to see them dead or alive so repent and bring them back and stop the Jesus Christ rhetoric! You can read the Bible from Genesis to Revelations if you don't repent forget about it and STOP THE BLASPHEMY!
***barred word*** and ***barred word***. Imagine it's your father who has been accused and the state is telling you we won't tell you who the accusers are?
asiedu nketia is the one, period, !D!!0t fhuul.
The identity of the accuser is the State of Ghana. You Block-headed Lawyer