Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, has stated that he disagrees with the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to allow former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, to orally examine him in court.<\/p>\n
The court in its ruling on Wednesday, upheld Mr. Amidu\u2019s application to give him the chance to examine the business in the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt case.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”9okoHhO9Tw8qgZ2O1UzFWnrn7riiFXLO”]According to the ruling by justice Anin Yeboah, the applicant has the right to do that because he personally came to court to get a judgment to have Mr. Woyome pay back the GHc51 million cash he received.<\/p>\n
But Mr. Woyome while speaking in a Facebook live video with the Daily Graphic, said \u201cI disagree totally with today\u2019s ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin [Amidu] could go ahead if he has the legal strength to tell the whole public as to what he knew as an attorney general working with EOCO; how those monies were expended. But for the sake of the law, and for the sake of the constitution of the republic of Ghana, I disagree totally with today\u2019s ruling and I will do whatever I can to see to it that justice is done in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though Woyome said he would respect the court\u2019s decision, he lamented that, the \u00a0impact of the case will be felt on the international scene because there are a number of cases on the same matter pending in court.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am committed with my agreement with the AG department to continue respecting the ruling of the Supreme Court although I disagree with it. This very judgment has created a big problem internationally. I will also not go on that because there are other pending cases internationally on this case,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Supreme Court is persecuting me \u2013 Woyome \u2018cries\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The embattled businessman, also accused Ghana\u2019s Supreme Court of persecuting him<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in\u00a0its handling of the case.<\/p>\n Background <\/strong><\/p>\n 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 The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the amount, after Mr. Martin Amidu 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 properties<\/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.<\/p>\n The move was part of a directive from the Supreme Court to retrieve monies illegally paid to him. But Woyome resisted the move, saying the planned valuation was illegal.<\/p>\n Mr. Woyome had earlier won the criminal prosecution that sought to imprison him for the offence.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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