{"id":100155,"date":"2015-03-17T12:55:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T12:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=100155"},"modified":"2015-03-17T12:55:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T12:55:30","slug":"afag-backs-woyomes-call-for-ags-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/afag-backs-woyomes-call-for-ags-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"AFAG backs Woyome’s call for AG\u2019s resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) is backing a call made by\u00a0businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome for the resignation of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong.<\/p>\n

According to the group the demand by Woyome is legitimate because of the role the AG’s law firm played in the payment of the infamous GH\u00a251 million judgment debt.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”tPkkA3pHHkx80OeiS9eIKkYfWZOj0Rj6″]The group which made the demands at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday said the AG should be replaced as the state pursues the case in the Appeals court.<\/p>\n

Reading a statement on behalf of the group the General Secretary of AFAG Arnold Boateng stated that the AG was not committed to prosecuting the criminal charges against Woyome and accused government of shielding Woyome from being prosecuted.<\/p>\n

Mr Woyome who was charged for causing financial loss to the state and defrauding by false pretense in the GH\u00a2 51 million judgment debt saga was last week acquitted and discharged<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The AG, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong\u00a0has said her outfit will pursue the case at the Appeals Court<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

This was after Alfred Woyome wrote a letter to Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, accusing her of receiving GH\u00a21 million from the GH\u00a251 million judgment debt paid him hence his call on her to resign.<\/p>\n

According to Arnold Boateng, \u201cThis is a great indictment on the AG\u2019s office. It bothers on whether the president failed to do due diligence before appointing Miss Marietta Brew or she was appointed to do a shoddy work to set Mr Woyome free or to cover all those who were implicated in the create loot and share.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe condemn the shoddy appeal pending that the AG is putting across against Mr Woyome. AFAG believes that the AG must resign and the AG\u2019s office must be overhauled,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Why haven\u2019t Woyome\u2019s accomplices been prosecuted<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a related development, the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have questioned why government officials who played various roles in the payment of the GH\u00a251 million to Alfred Agbesi Woyome have not been prosecuted.<\/p>\n

The NPP says evidence available indicates that key public and government \u00a0officials were involved in what the party describes as a grand scheme to defraud the state.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, Communications Director of the party, Nana Akomea questioned why such top public officials that were implicated in the payment of the money to Mr Woyome have not bee taken on by the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know government and public officials who were involved in this fraud are walking freely, why have they not been prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh & Franklin Badu Jnr\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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