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There are clear indications that Alfred Agbesi Woyome knew of his imminent arrest by the security agencies. According to the New Statesman the decision to arrest him was taken at a crises meeting held at the Castle involving President John Atta-Mills, Dr Benjamin Kumbour, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and the Interior Minister, and intriguingly, Mr. Woyome was fully aware of the details of the meeting. Mr. Woyome was yesterday asked to tender in his resignation as the Chairman of the National Board for Small Scale Industries before his arrest. Woyome, meanwhile, according to sources close to him, has threatened to disclose names of major beneficiaries of his controversial multi-million judgment debt if he is left to hang. Next on the list of persons to be arrested are the Chief State Attorney, Mr. Samuel Nerquaye-Tetteh, and Mr. Paul Asimenu, Director, Legal, at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. Mr. Paul Asimenu, according to the interim EOCO report, was the person who wrote the opinion which eventually led to the decision that Mr Woyome was entitled to his claim. Mr. Samuel Nerquaye-Tetteh, on the other hand, admits to drafting all letters which Mrs Mould-Iddrisu sent to Dr Kwabena Dufuor concerning the transactions leading to the payments to Mr Woyome. He was involved in the negotiations which led to the first settlement for an amount of over GH�41 million and indeed witnessed it and therefore when the Ministry of Finance refused to pay and Mr. Woyome went to court, he found it unconscionable to go to court and defend the action. An amount of GH�400,000 was also paid to the wife of Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh on June 16, 2011 by Mr. Woyome. Reports say a decision was however not concluded as to whether the arrest should be extended to the former Attorney-General, Betty Mould Iddrisu, who authorized the payments of the money to Mr. Woyome. Information, however, available to the New Statesman is that she will be picked up for questioning and quickly bailed afterwards.