a candidate for contempt<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of court as he urged the businessman to withdraw his comments.<\/p>\nBut in response to Mr. Oppong\u2019s remarks, Mr. Woyome said, \u201cthat lawyer was analysing my statements and my discussions with the press and the Ghanaian people, and jumped quickly and said I should apologise and I wanted to ask him what I should apologise for?\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing himself as law abiding, Mr. Woyome stressed that, he has always respected the judiciary and that he \u201cwill be the number one person to defend every judge under the institution but if they have erred, they have erred.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe constitution and the framers of it have done it such that they [the judiciary] can interpret it and also enforce it, but we as citizens have also been given the right to defend the constitution and I state that I will defend to the last drop of my blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf as a citizen, I feel and I have given some examples why I feel that I am being persecuted and it is clear, why shouldn\u2019t I say so; when the Supreme Court registry becomes the house number of Martin Amidu. When we want to serve Martin Amidu they will tell you leave it here, he will come for it,\u201d Mr. Woyome argued.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\nAlfred Woyome was paid GHc 51 million after he claimed that he helped Ghana to raise funds to construct stadia for purposes of hosting the 2008 African Nations Cup.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the money after Mr. Amidu challenged the legality of the payments in court.<\/p>\n
Some efforts by the Attorney General to retrieve the GHc51 million, including selling his property to defray the debt, proved futile.<\/p>\n
In 2016, the AG\u2019s department, led by the Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, decided to discontinue an application to examine the one-time NDC financier orally because\u00a0it was considering\u00a0a possible settlement with the defendant.<\/p>\n
But this compelled Mr. Amidu to return to court to seek his eventually successful order to examine Mr. Woyome.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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