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 “false allegations” he made against President John Mahama and the government, in respect of government’s decision not to orally examine Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, over the unpaid 51 million Ghana Cedis judgement debt.
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 allow him examine him orally following the decision of the state to discontinue that process.
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 Mahama personally gave an order.
Mr. Amidu’s suit covers the Attorney-General, Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, and Waterville Holdings (BVI) Ltd. 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.
But the AG in response to the application on Thursday stated in his affidavit that Mr. Amidu’s claim suggesting that President Mahama ordered the discontinuation of the oral examination of Mr. Woyome is false. She said she will demand of the court to instruct Mr. Woyome to apologize for those comments.
“That 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’s application I shall apply to the court to have these offending matters struck out of the Plaintiff/Applicant’s affidavit, and that he should be ordered to apologize for making these false allegations.” The Attorney-General also questioned in her affidavit the right of Mr. Martin Amidu to orally interrogate Mr. Martin Amidu in court.
“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.” “That 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.”
Background
Alfred Woyome was paid ¢51 million after he claimed that he helped Ghana to raise funds to construct stadia for purposes of hosting the CAN 2008 Nations Cup. However an Auditor General’s report released in 2010, said the amount was paid illegally to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier.
The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back ¢51 million fraudulently taken from the state, after Mr. Martin Amidu, challenged the legality of the judgment debt paid the businessman, Waterville, and Isofoton. Following delays in retrieving the money, the Supreme Court judges unanimously granted the Attorney-General clearance to execute the court’s judgment ordering Mr. Woyome to refund the cash to the state.
Woyome prevents officials from valuing residence
Mr. Woyome in April 2016, prevented officials of the Attorney General’s Department and the Lands Commission from having access to his Kpehe residence for valuation. 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. Mr. Woyome had earlier won the criminal prosecution that sought to imprison him for the offence.
Source: citifmonline.com
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I am praying for Patience else....NDC/Mahama and this AG has no SHAME? Ok! Dec 07, 2016 is just 24 days away. At least I can express myself. CHANGE IS COMING!
The TRUTH is that the AG Mrs Brew is tarred in this farces of Woyome stilling saga ; the lady is herself a KROOK and a KRIMINAL lawyer !!!!!!!like Betty Mould ; they are evil women !!!!!as it stands it would be unwise to retrive the cash from Woyome now because ; the legal implications for the NDC party and Jon Mahama would be a disater ; if woyome is examined orally he may be forced to reveal the names of where the cash ended up; this includes the 20 million used to build the NDc headquarters besides a lot of people could be rolled to court and possibly jailed for this robbery ; the only person who can go full out to pay the cash is NANA Addo because there will be a new legal team in place ; the game is to delay the whole process with the hope that NDC win s the next elections and then the whole stolen money will die a natural death because the NDC will not pursue Woyome again ; IT IS A DELAYING RACTICS BY MRS BREW : A VERY EVIL WOMAN !!!!!!and a SARAN .
SO IN THIS COUNTRY PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO SHAME,ASKING MARTIN AMIDU TO APOLOGIZE NO WONDER EVERY BODY WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY
Disheartening that this government is doing all it could to let Woyome go free with this stolen money. Corruption under JM is too widespread. I honestly feel God has been so tolerant and merciful with these people leading us. We should let anyone taking public office to swear on a deity like Antoa - that they should fall sick, go mad and die anytime they steal or play part in stealing from the state. This is one sure way of having honest men and women to lead. I bet in this present government, we could hardly have one person alive if we adopted the Antoa way
If the AG is mandated by the constitution to be the debt collector for the Government of Ghana, what has it done since the Supreme Court gave its ruling about some 5 years ago. Then it means the AG has failed in its responsibility as required by the constitution. You are rather demanding an apology for the person who has sworn an oath to defend the constitution and has refused to do it. The money involved is for Ghana and not for the AG or the President. We need our money back
apologize my foot,u think we re ***barred word*** in this country?we toil to bring the party into power,and this is how u paid Ghanaians,we shall see