{"id":267103,"date":"2016-11-10T18:29:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T18:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267103"},"modified":"2016-11-10T18:29:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T18:29:42","slug":"woyome-cash-ag-demands-apology-from-amidu-over-false-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/woyome-cash-ag-demands-apology-from-amidu-over-false-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Woyome cash: AG demands apology from Amidu over \u201cfalse claims\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, has said she will demand of the Supreme Court an order for the former Attorney-General, Martin Amidu, to apologize for \u201cfalse allegations\u201d he made against President John Mahama and the government, in respect of government\u2019s decision not to orally examine Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, over the unpaid 51 million Ghana Cedis judgement debt.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amidu, whose personal action got the Supreme Court to order Mr. Woyome to repay the amount, is back at the apex court, praying it to<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/04\/let-me-examine-woyome-amidu-prays-supreme-court\/\"> allow him examine<\/a><\/strong><\/span> him orally following the decision of the state to discontinue that process.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amidu in his application to the Supreme Court alleged among other things that the Attorney-General withdrew her application to examine Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome because President <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/04\/mahama-personally-discontinued-woyomes-case-amidu-alleges\/\">Mahama personally gave an order<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;q7bn7BLXT5xo4dFqQXVRnM3fX4Lqq1uD&#8221;]Mr. Amidu\u2019s suit covers the Attorney-General, Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, and Waterville Holdings (BVI) Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>According to the man who earned the nickname citizen vigilante, this was done to protect some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), as well as government officials who benefited from the amount.<\/p>\n<p>But the AG in response to the application on Thursday stated in his affidavit that Mr. Amidu\u2019s claim suggesting that President Mahama ordered the discontinuation of the oral examination of Mr. Woyome is false.<\/p>\n<p>She said she will demand of the court to instruct Mr. Woyome to apologize for those comments.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239950\" style=\"width: 517px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239950\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Martin-Amidu.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Amidu\" width=\"517\" height=\"468\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martin Amidu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat the Plaintiff\/Applicant ought to know that any deliberate deception of this Honourable Court on the part of a lawyer is professional misconduct by the rules of the Legal Profession. Furthermore, the Plaintiff\/Applicant contrary to the Rules of Court deposes to the scandalous, offensive, malicious and deliberate falsehood without providing the sources of his information or belief. At the hearing of the Plaintiff\/Applicant\u2019s application I shall apply to the court to have these offending matters struck out of the Plaintiff\/Applicant\u2019s affidavit, and that he should be ordered to apologize for making these false allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney-General also questioned in her affidavit the right of Mr. Martin Amidu to orally interrogate Mr. Woyome in court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That paragraphs 12 and 13 of the affidavit in support are denied and the Plaintiff\/Applicant is put to strict proof. The depositions contained therein are scandalous, offensive, malicious and deliberate falsehood by the Plaintiff\/Applicant. Furthermore, the President never suggested, directed or instructed me to discontinue the request of this office to orally examine the judgment debtor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat in response to paragraphs 15, 17 and 18, I state that it is arguable whether or not the Plaintiff\/Applicant has a right to examine the 3rd Defendant. The order to enforce the Judgment was directed at the 1st Defendant and not the Plaintiff\/Applicant. Even if the Plaintiff\/Applicant did have this right, the facts relied on by the Plaintiff\/Applicant to found this application are scandalous, offensive, malicious and deliberate falsehood and cannot be the basis for the grant of his application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IN-THE-SUPERIOR-COURT-OF-JUDICATURE.pdf\">Click here for the full AG&#8217;s affidavit<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay the amount, after Mr. Martin Amidu, challenged the legality of the judgment debt paid the businessman, Waterville, and Isofoton.<\/p>\n<p>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<p><strong>Woyome prevents officials from valuing residence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Woyome in April 2016, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/03\/woyome-prevents-officials-from-valuing-residence\/\">prevented officials<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the Attorney General\u2019s Department and the Lands Commission from having access to his Kpehe residence for valuation.<\/p>\n<p>The move was part of a directive from the Supreme Court to retrieve monies paid to him. But Woyome resisted the move, saying the planned valuation was illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Woyome had earlier won the criminal prosecution that sought to imprison him for the offence.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, has said she will demand of the Supreme Court an order for the former Attorney-General, Martin Amidu, to apologize for \u201cfalse allegations\u201d he made against President John Mahama and the government, in respect of government\u2019s decision not to orally examine Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":124599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[5070,2762,1936,3,179],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Woyome cash: AG demands apology from Amidu over \u201cfalse claims\u201d - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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