Dr Dominic Ayine and Paul Adom-Otchere
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, during the Thursday, May 2, 2025, edition of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, sent in a text message to the show, accusing the host, Paul Adom-Otchere, of creating a bad impression of him.
Responding to what he described as an impression being created by the host that he is attempting to gag the Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng (Kwame A Plus), Dr Ayine vouched for his own integrity, while calling into question the probity of an individual he alleged to be linked to Paul Adom-Otchere and a contract awarded for the construction of the Law House in 2024.
“Paul, you are putting a slant on the story to give the impression that I am trying to gag A Plus through Dr Sledge. I take exception to that. Please go back and read my press conference statement. I am disappointed in you but not surprised. I have more integrity than the person you were working with on the Law House contract,” the message by the AG, as read by Paul Adom-Otchere, said.
Visibly taken aback by the AG’s words, Adom-Otchere issued an apology to Dr Ayine, while voicing his struggle to recollect his connection with the Law House contract.
“I was working on the Law House contract? Me, I was working on the Law House contract? Attorney General, sorry about that,” he said.
During a press conference on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Dr Ayine responded to claims made by Kwame A Plus, who had accused him of corruption in an earlier social media post.
A Plus alleged on Facebook that Dr Ayine manipulated the drafting and passage of the Sanitation and Pollution Levy in 2021 for personal gain while in opposition.
He further claimed that Ayine restructured the leadership of a parliamentary committee to benefit a close associate.
However, Dr Ayine vehemently denied the accusations, describing them as baseless and challenging A Plus to provide evidence.
The Law House, completed and commissioned in June 2024, underwent over two decades of construction.
Construction of the building, which now serves as the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice, was delayed until the contract was awarded to a new firm in 2022.
It is, however, unclear what role Paul Adom-Otchere and his unnamed associate may have played in the awarding of the contract in 2022.
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