Kwamena Ahwoi finally opens up on questioning Mahama’s integrity over Ato Forson’s case

Leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Kwamena Ahwoi, has responded to claims 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 said on Peace FM that Prof Ahwoi had expressed displeasure with President Mahama regarding the government’s decision to drop the appeal in the case.

Reacting to the claims in a statement shared by Peace FM on Sunday, October 19, 2025, Prof Ahwoi described the reports as false and misleading.

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He stated that he had never been on the radio station and did not make any such comments.

“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.”

The controversial ambulance procurement trial involving Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and businessman Richard Jakpa was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on July 30, 2024, after several years in court.

The case, which began in 2015, involved allegations that the two caused financial loss of €2.37 million to the state in a deal to purchase 200 ambulances for Ghana between 2014 and 2016.

Then-Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame filed an appeal challenging the decision of the court, but his successor, Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, later withdrew it.

In a Notice of Abandonment of Appeal dated January 23, 2025, Dr Ayine stated that the state no longer intended to pursue the case.

“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,” the document stated…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>