By Francis Kobena Tandoh
A private citizen, Daniel Marfo Ofori-Atta, has petitioned the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate Supreme Court Judge Justice Yonny Kulendi and Richard Jakpa for interfering in the administration of justice, according to a petition sighted by Ghana Eye Report on Tuesday.
According to the petition, Ofori-Atta accused Richard Jakpa, current Director of Operations at the National Security, of “deploying the highly influential Justice of the Supreme Court Yonny Kulendi to obstruct the course of justice in the case with the ultimate object of ensuring that the prosecution of Richard Jakpa was either abated by the then Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, or he, Jakpa, was acquitted. End item
Source: Ghana Eye Report
Find the full petition by Danie Marfo Ofori-Atta below;
DANIEL MARFO OFORI-ATTA
House No. B24,
Nana Marfo Crescent,
Bronikrom, Kyebi.
Tel: 0541931435
29th September, 2025
The Director-General,
Criminal Investigations Department,
Accra.
Dear Madam,
REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE YONNY KULENDI AND RICHARD JAKPA FOR CONSPIRING TO INTERFERE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
I hope this reaches you in good spirits.
I am a citizen of the Republic of Ghana with a keen interest in the development of the rule of law, good governance, and democracy.
In January 2023, the Republic of Ghana commenced the prosecution of accused persons in a case bearing the title “Republic V. Cassiel Ato Forson & 2 Others”. Richard Anthounma Jakpa, the current Director of Operations at the National Security Council, who was dishonourably released from the Ghana Armed Forces in November 2007 for unsatisfactory conduct and failure to pass his examinations, was the third accused. The said Richard Jakpa, as subsequently became obvious from the proceedings, is the cousin of Justice Yonny Kulendi, a Supreme Court Judge.
In the course of the trial, it was revealed that, right from the first day the accused persons were arraigned before the court, 18th January, 2023 – Richard Jakpa deployed the highly influential Justice of the Supreme Court Yonny Kulendi, to obstruct the course of justice in the case with the ultimate object of ensuring that the prosecution of Richard Jakpa was either abated by the then Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, or he (Jakpa) was acquitted. The acts of Justice Kulendi and Richard Jakpa border on the commission of crimes relating to interference with legal proceedings. The following facts, evidence of which I will produce, bear this out:
1. From the proceedings at the trial, on 18th January, 2022, after Richard Jakpa had been arraigned in court, he solicited the help of his cousin, Justice Yonny Kulendi, to procure the assistance of the then Attorney-General to facilitate the release of Richard Jakpa when he had not satisfied the conditions of the bail granted to him. Justice Kulendi actually went to the office of the former Attorney-General, Godfred Dame, to request that his cousin be permitted to go home.
2. At the trial (under cross-examination by the Director of Public Prosecutions), Richard Jakpa confessed to obtaining the telephone number of Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame from Justice Yonny Kulendi, after which he confidently attempted to meet with Mr. Dame and inundated him with many WhatsApp messages. All these were tendered in evidence at the trial on 18th June, 2024. It is on record that Mr. Dame refused Richard Jakpa’s invitation to meet with him.
3. The evidence shows that from the time Richard Jakpa first got in touch with Attorney-General Godfred Dame via WhatsApp, he sent in all sixty-eight (68) WhatsApp messages to him, in reply to which the then Attorney-General sent only two (2). Richard Jakpa confirmed this under cross-examination by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs. Yvonne Atakora-Obuobisa.
4. Furthermore, it is indisputable that when Mr. Dame turned down Richard Jakpa’s overtures to meet, Justice Yonny Kulendi, in breach of the Code regulating his work as a Superior Court Judge, lured the then Attorney-General into meetings at his (Justice Kulendi’s) residence on no less than four occasions. Justice Kulendi would then secretly invite Richard Jakpa to come over to his house, and interfere in the legal proceedings pending against Jakpa by impressing upon Mr. Dame to stop the prosecution of the former, or ensure that the prosecution would let him go free at the submission of no case stage of the trial. This is borne out by the record of proceedings at the trial.
Indeed, the record showed that apart from inside the courtroom and the house of Justice Yonny Kulendi, Mr. Godfred Dame has never met Mr. Richard Jakpa anywhere.
The above, Madam, shows a calculated effort by the learned Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Yonny Kulendi, together with his cousin, Richard Jakpa, to interfere in the prosecution of the criminal case filed against Richard Jakpa by the Republic of Ghana. This is not only dishonourable but also borders on the commission of crimes in accordance with the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
REQUEST
I respectfully request you to conduct an investigation into the conduct of Justice Yonny Kulendi and his cousin, Richard Jakpa, to unravel all acts of criminality disclosed by their conduct, and take such prosecutorial action as is consistent with the law.
I am available and willing to assist you with any documents, including relevant exhibits and the record of proceedings in the Republic vrs. Cassiel Ato Forson & 2 Others, which you cannot access.
In the meantime, attached to this petition are:
1. Copies of the WhatsApp communication between Richard Jakpa and Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame.
2. Record of proceedings in the trial of the case Republic Vrs. Cassiel Ato Forson & 2 Others dated 6th June, 2024.
3. Record of proceedings in the trial of the case Republic Vrs. Cassiel Ato Forson & 2 Others dated 18th June, 2024.
4. Record of proceedings in the trial of the case Republic Vrs. Cassiel Ato Forson & 2 Others dated 20th June, 2024.
5. Record of proceedings in the trial of the case Republic Vrs. Cassiel Ato Forson & 2 Others dated 27th June, 2024.
I hope the matters raised herein will be thoroughly investigated in accordance with due process.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Marfo Ofori-Atta
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