Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, has described as “misplaced”, the “create, loot and share” comment made by Supreme Court judge Justice Jones Dotse during the hearing of the Woyome and Waterville scandals in 2013.
Mrs Mould-Iddrisu, who has said that one of her lowest moments in life was when she was tagged as a corrupt official, explained in an interview with Radio Gold’s Sammy Eshun on Tuesday, 6 February 2018 that: “I believe that time has tested me and time has not found me wanting”.
“I believe I have lived up to the task and I believe that if you look in any court judgement or any court record, you will not find that there is anything against Betty Mould-Iddrisu apart from my exercise of professional discretion which the courts found were proper.
“Also, the sensationalism, and I’m sure my lawyers, my esteemed counsel Nana Ato Dadzie would not like me to say this, but that sensationalism surrounding this ‘create, loot and share’ obiter which came in one of the Supreme Court decisions, was totally misplaced and it was totally not in the context it should have been and that is the unfortunate aspect for some of us that we are not supposed to be talking and criticising certain people and certain actions and certain institutions, so we keep quiet hoping that the true story will come out and I think piece by piece it is coming out,” the one-time Education Minister noted.
Justice Jones Dotse, a member of the nine-member Supreme Court panel at the time, was not enthused about the cases of judgement debts that were brought before them.
Justice Dotse described the €40million judgment debt paid to Waterville Holdings Ltd. and the GHS51.2million paid to businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, as a carefully orchestrated plan by some individuals, companies and lawyers, who he tagged as a “brigade” formed to loot the country.
On Friday, 14 June 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that Waterville should cough up some €40million that was wrongly paid in judgment debts over three stadia construction projects in 2006.
Justice Dotse stated that Mr Woyome and Waterville appeared to have “entered into an alliance to create, loot and share the resources of this country as if a brigade had been set up for such an enterprise”.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Ndcfuo mbaa ne kurono diee ayese abafan nefom...with this ***barred word*** woman leading the pack
Shamelessly shameful woman....awi ataseatase na atyi wo obaa kuronfo...Ghanaians will never forgive you...julor
Seems she is feeling the heat. Why is she talking so much these days? Let her calm down. She will have her day in court to explain why she sanctioned payment to Woyome. We have rule of law in Ghana.
But if someone submits a claim for payment, you pay part, and courts and even the President says you should suspend payments, and you still go ahead and pay the person, what is it? Is it not create, loot and share?
This Betty woman is dangerously corrupt.... She should be charged together with Wayome....
Hypocrisy at the highest level. Not surprised you are on Radio Gold with its myopic audience. Come to Joy and you will meet your match. They will cut you to size. off course who doesn't know your name wont appear anywhere but that you deliberately weakened state position so Woyome will win and share the booty with you. Disgraced woman. It is between you and your God. May the Lord be with you.
Why has this Betty started talking all of a sudden? Madam, if you know something we need to know just come clear. Your sudden ranting makes you even the unsuspecting minds wonder why you’re talking now. Afterall Woyome is the one in court now, so why won’t you allow him to face the music alone. Come clear if you have confessions to make.
Fits you perfectly. You are part of the cabal that 'raped' the poor taxpayer from 2008 to 2016. ***barred word***.
***barred word***, you are a disgrace to female empowerment! ***barred word***! Create, loot and share tag fits you perfectly. Stealer