Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has declared that former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has no right to ask him to explain how he spent the GHc51 million judgment debt paid him by the state.
“Martin Amidu cannot question me on how I spent the GHc51 million because at the time that money was paid to me it was not declared by the law that it was unconstitutional, it was never declared like that,” he stated on Eyewitness News on Thursday.
Martin Amidu who is also an anti-corruption campaigner is in court hoping to orally examine Woyome over the judgment debt case but it seems that hope would delay because Mr. Woyome has filed a counter application seeking to stop Amidu from orally examining him.
The anti-corruption campaigner had insisted that Mr. Woyome spent the money with some bigwigs in the Mahama-led administration hence the resistance to his pursuit of the case.
But speaking to Richard Dela Sky on Eyewitness News Woyome insisted that nobody can ask him to explain how he spent the money.
“Martin [Amidu] can only question me after the judgment of the case about my ability because the judgment of the case never stated that I should say how I spent money.
The judgment which was delivered by unanimous decision overturning the original judgment said that I should refund [the] money; nobody can import that aspect that I should explain how I spent my legally acquired fruit,” he stated.
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. 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.
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. However, two years down on the amount is yet to be full retrieved.
Source: citifmonline
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my question is simple, if you know Amidu can't ask you how you spent that stolen money,why are you playing hide and seek.If you are a man as you claim,be bold and meet him in court and stop wasting our ears with these nooooonsense. aboabi kwa.
My goodness! I'm angry already! You e stolen our taxpayer money and you sitting there saying a taxpayer can't ask you how you spent the money. Oooooooh Dec 7 come NOW NOW NOW!!!
u ***barred word***!!!! The Court ordered you to pay it back. So if the court allows amidu to question you, he can demand to know how you spent it. you will run but you will get tired and you will see. Eddddddioooot. Don't you know that Amidu is the People's hero! ANd you are the people's enemy? You will see what we the people will do to you!!!
Wait and see. Crime has no expiry date. Mahama will go, come Dec 07, 2016 and you will se your SMOOTHLESS LEVEL. CHANGE IS COMING!
you can only buy time but you will never get away. if you dont want to tell us how or with whom u spent the dubious money thats fine but you will pay this money even if it takes a thousand years. u will pay even after your death. does anyone else understands that mahama usain bolt sign or only me? Mahama on his usain bolt sign: As far as i remain the president, your moneys will continue to fly into the sky without wings to unkown destinations such as woyome's pocket" Let us vote for change my ple.
you f-o-o-lish ewe man, you will one day pay for your evil deeds