{"id":264374,"date":"2016-11-02T12:05:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=264374"},"modified":"2016-11-02T12:05:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:05:49","slug":"ag-discontinues-woyomes-ghc51m-judgement-debt-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=264374","title":{"rendered":"AG discontinues Woyome’s GHc51m judgement debt case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Attorney General\u2019s Department has filed a notice at the Supreme Court to discontinue a case it filed about a week ago against businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt saga.<\/p>\n

The notice of discontinuance stated that \u201cplease take notice that the 1st Defendant Judgment Creditor [Attorney General] herein has this day [26th Day of October 2016] discontinued the present application to orally examine the 3rd Defendant Judgment Debtor [Alfred Agesi Woyome] with liberty to reapply.\u201d<\/p>\n

Per the earlier notice, the Attorney General would have orally examined Mr. Woyome on November 10, 2016; a decision pressure group, OccupyGhana lauded.<\/p>\n

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Sydney Casely-Hayford is Convenor for Occupy Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OccupyGhana had also urged the AG to pursue the case to its logical conclusion to ensure the money is refunded to the state.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”YEG0xMDZKnj6x7GszgKUthystDrUfhJX”]Alfred Woyome was paid \u00a251 million after he claimed that he helped Ghana to raise funds to construct stadia for purposes of hosting the CAN 2008 Nations Cup.<\/p>\n

However an Auditor General\u2019s report released in 2010, said the amount was paid illegally to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back \u00a251 million fraudulently taken from the state, after Mr. Martin Amidu, a former Attorney General challenged the legality of the judgment debt paid the businessman, Waterville, and Isofoton.<\/p>\n

Following delays in retrieving the money, the Supreme Court judges unanimously granted the Attorney-General clearance to execute the court\u2019s judgment ordering Mr. Woyome to refund the cash to the state.<\/p>\n

Woyome prevents officials from valuing residence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Woyome in April 2016 prevented officials of the Attorney General\u2019s Department and the Lands Commission from having access to his Kpehe residence for valuation<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The move was part of a directive<\/strong><\/a><\/span> from the Supreme Court to retrieve monies illegally paid to him.<\/p>\n

But Woyome resisted the move, saying the planned valuation was illegal. Mr. Woyome had earlier won the criminal prosecution that sought to imprison him for the offence.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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