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A Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Gary Nimako Marfo says the charges proffered on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo could have been avoided.

To him, some issues can be resolved without degenerating into a big case if the person involved comes out to retract and apologise.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Lawyer Gary Nimako said any issue which start afresh comes as though it is irrelevant but it becomes a burdensome if the person involved does not resolve it on time.

He reiterated that such case can disturb, making it impossible to have a sound sleep knowing that he is standing trial in court by the Republic.

“A whole republic against you is not easy at all. People may be encouraging you to be obstinate and before you realise, you are in a serious problem. When this issue came up I said that my senior brother Ofosu-Ampofo should apologise and move on, have you seen where this issue has reached?”

He said the argument of the lawyers of Ofosu-Ampofo that the secret tape is not admissible in court suggests that they are now admitting there was a secret recording against their earlier stance that there was no such tape.

He then demanded to know whose voice is captured in the tape if the lawyers are admitting the recording took place.

“Is it Ofosu-Ampofo’s voice or not? I don’t want to go into the merit of the case because I don’t want to be cited for contempt and so the court will look into the matter and apply the law appropriately to determine whether the recording is there or not and whether they will produce the original recording and also whether the recording is fake and doctored,” he posited.

He bemoaned that the NDC National Chairman did not take his advise to apologise. 

“This is not a civil case which could be resolved between people, but a criminal case where the whole Republic is up against you; at this stage, it hurts me that he didn’t take my advise,” he lamented. 

“It has a psychological torture. So when an issue starts afresh, you apply common sense and reasoning by retracting the statement and ask Ghanaians to forgive you, but if don’t do that and Ghanaians send you to court, then you will be going to High Court and Supreme Court every day . . . that alone is a torture, and so sometimes when issue comes up and we advice, they don’t take it and now that he has been charged, he has to explain to court,” he indicated.

He maintained that “this court case could have been prevented; it hurts me a lot. When we met at Peace Council, I got close to him but sometimes when you whisper something into people’s ears, they don’t take it. What I know is that he should have apologized to avoid all these things; that is the way I see it”.