Alfred Woyome If any one act in his long and distinguished career landed Martin Amidu the job as special prosecutor, it would his his dogged chasing of Alfred Woyome to pay up the Ghc 51.2m judgement debt his own NDC government paid to him. Amidu chased Woyome all the way to the Supreme Court and secured a judgement for the money to be paid back to Ghana, and afterwards also fought for the money as Woyome did not pay and the Mahama government did nothing about it.
Alfred Woyome The Supreme Court of Ghana has thrown out the case brought by Alfred Agbesi Woyome calling for a decision for him to be orally examined by the Attorney General to be overturned. Woyome argued that they’re seeking a review of the judge’s ruling granting the application thus the oral examination should be halted until the review’s complete.
The much anticipated showdown between former Attorney general Martin Amidu and Alfred Agbesi Woyome has been adjourned to January 26 2017, if it ever comes on at all. Amidu won a judgement last month to orally examine Woyome and get to the bottom of how the infamous Ghc 51.2m judgement debt was spent, but the cross examination has since suffered many adjournments as Woyome and the current NDC government try to stop it going ahead.
The much anticipated cross examination of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome by Martin Amidu was expected to come on tomorrow, Thursday November 24, but is now at risk of being called off. The maverick politican, former Attorney General under the later President Atta-Mills, had been scheduled to take on the businessman one on one in the Supreme Court Thursday, to get him to answer questions on how the Ghc 51.2m judgement debt was squandered by him and who the possible beneficiaries were.
Alfred Woyome The Appeals Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal from the Attorney General’s Department seeking to overturn a High Court Ruling clearing Alfred Woyome of any criminal charges in the infamous judgement debt saga. The Higher Court via an unanimous decision, upheld the High Court’s ruling that cleared Woyome of the criminal charges brought against him by the state.
This is what my cousin-Tracy calls; taking the grand piss! Businessman-Alfred Woyome, the man who was ‘fraudulently’ paid GHS51.2 million judgement debt and was ordered to ‘bring back’ the money has filed a request at the Supreme Court—asking the court to give him 3 more years to pay back the money. My question is; what … Read more
Alfred Woyome You know how rich men who flout the law always have deep pockets to keep on legal battles for years, so that whatever judgement has been held against them becomes essentially meaningless? No? Then pay attention.
Alfred Woyome The advocacy group CitizenGhana Movement (CGM) has filed a suit against the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong- due to her failure to retrieve Ghc 51.2m from Woyome. The money, the so-called judgement debt which was paid to the businessman, had been ordered retrieved by the Supreme Court since July 2014- yet the state’s coffers has not seen the money despite several promises from both quarters concerning its retrieval.
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has been ordered by the Supreme Court to refund the Ghc 51.2m that was paid to him by the state, the infamous Judgement Debt saga.
The court, in a unanimous decision, overturned the verdict of the High Court that awarded Woyome those damages due to a contract he had signed with the government which he claimed had been reneged upon.
The court ruled those contracts, upon which the original judgement were made, as invalid and unconstitutional.
It said the contracts upon which he won his case, “was in contravention to Article 181(5) of the 1992 constitution”. The clause in question, requires Parliamentary approvals of such deals before they are declared as constitutional and consequently, legally binding.
The ruling was a result of self-styled citizen vigilante and former Attorney General, Martin Amidu taking the case to court after claiming the damages awarded to Woyome were illegal.
Earlier this year, Mr Amidu had won similar judgements over Isofoton and Waterville, the two companies at the crux of the long running affair.
Woyome had won his judgement in 2010, but the case had always been one filled with irregularities.
