{"id":271260,"date":"2016-11-24T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T11:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=271260"},"modified":"2016-11-24T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T11:05:12","slug":"woyome-case-adjourned-to-december-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/woyome-case-adjourned-to-december-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Woyome case adjourned to December 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of an application filed by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome who is seeking to put on hold the court’s ruling for anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu to orally examine him [Woyome].<\/p>\n

December 1, 2016 is the new date for the hearing of the case.<\/p>\n

The adjournment according to the judge was because the application was served on the Attorney General and Martin Amidu late.<\/p>\n

Amidu\u2019s examination of Woyome in limbo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawyers of Woyome filed two applications at the Supreme Court praying the court to review the ruling which granted Martin Amidu the permission to orally examine their client a week ago.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”kfwpVfKYf6eE9dWcImz6AQaixluQxXCH”]The second application, on the other hand, is a request for a stay of proceedings to enable the court determine the motion for review.<\/p>\n

A stay of proceedings is a ruling by the court in civil and criminal procedure, halting further legal processes in a trial or other legal proceedings.<\/p>\n

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

Mr. Woyome was earlier ordered by the Supreme Court to appear in court for an oral examination over the controversial judgement debt saga. The order followed an application filed by Mr. Amidu, praying the Supreme Court to allow him to orally examine Woyome, after the Attorney General (AG) discontinued the process to examine him.<\/p>\n

Justice Anin Yeboah, who gave the ruling argued that the applicant had 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 as judgment debt.<\/p>\n

The judge also indicated that\u00a0the application was granted because there was no evidence of execution before the court by the AG presently. Mr. Amidu\u2019s action followed a move by the Attorney General\u2019s (AG) office, led by the Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, to discontinue an oral examination of Mr. Woyome, despite serving an earlier notice to do same. 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

This forced Mr. Amidu to file the application in court, in which he even alleged that President Mahama had ordered a discontinuation of the case because Mr. Woyome had threatened to expose officials of government and the NDC who benefited from the amount.<\/p>\n

The AG\u2019s office arguing against Mr. Amidu\u2019s application in court\u00a0questioned his right to examine Mr. Woyome over the matter.<\/p>\n

The \u00a251 million judgement debt 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 residence <\/strong><\/p>\n

But 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 claiming it was illegal.<\/p>\n

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

Mr Woyome however, 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

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By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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