Former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame has dismissed attempts to compare the legal cases involving former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
According to Dame, the three matters involve different legal circumstances and should not be treated as comparable cases.
Addressing the issue, he explained that Ken Ofori-Atta’s situation bears no resemblance to Sedina Tamakloe Attionu’s because the former Finance Minister was never served with criminal charges before leaving the country.
“Ken Ofori-Atta was never served with criminal charges before leaving the jurisdiction. He was never put before a court, never tried and certainly never convicted,” Dame stated.
He argued that comparing someone who has not undergone trial with a person who was prosecuted, convicted and sentenced is legally flawed.
The former Attorney-General also rejected comparisons between the Sedina case and that of Chairman Wontumi, maintaining that they involve entirely different legal questions.
According to him, Wontumi’s conviction was reached without sufficient evidence to support the verdict.
“The Wontumi case concerns a conviction which, in my view, was reached despite the absence of cogent evidence,” Dame said.
He added that if the conviction is overturned on appeal in the future, it would still not be comparable to Sedina Tamakloe Attionu’s case.
Dame further argued that public attention should instead focus on what he described as concerns over unequal standards in the administration of justice.
He also criticised attempts to politicise the Sedina appeal, insisting that discussions surrounding the case should be guided by facts rather than political narratives.
According to him, the chronology of events clearly shows that the substantive steps leading to the successful appeal occurred after the change of government, and any public debate should reflect that sequence rather than partisan interpretations.
