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Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah has accused former Attorney-General Martin Amidu of committing perjury as far as Woyome saga is concerned.

The affable Dr. Omane Boamah went riot on MultiTV/Joy FM’s news analysis programme, Newsfile, describing the former A-G as a “liar,” and demanding that Joy FM "puts him on the line" for him (Omane) to address him.

The Citizen Vigilante, as the former Attorney General is affectionately called, has been very instrumental in the state’s case against businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome in the controversial GHC51.2million judgement debt payment. 

The state is currently pursuing Woyome for repayment.

Contributing to Saturday's programme, Dr. Omane Boamah listed a number of claims Mr. Amidu made in court and his public treatise, describing them as “lies”.

According to Omane Boamah, Martin Amidu among others, also lied when he claimed the Attorney General’s firm was on the side of Mr. Woyome when in fact the firm was rather against Woyome. 

“Martin Amidu has told lies to the Supreme Court of Ghana…he told a big lie and he is a damn big liar,” he screamed.

Citing three instances he believed Mr Amidu "told a big lie" and thus "is a damn big liar", the Communications Minister alluded to the Citizen Vigilante's claims that the current Attorney General Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong’s firm, Lithur-Brew and Co represented Austro-Invest, a company he claimed benefited from the GHC51.2million wrongly paid to Woyome.

He also mentioned cases such as Alfred Agbesi Woyome vrs Raymond Archer (a journalist), and Raymond Smith (Ray Smith) a shareholder of Austro-Invest and Managing Director of M-pawapak Ltd vrs Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

Dr. Omane Boamah insisted that in all these cases, Mr. Amidu lied when he claimed the Attorney General’s firm was on the side of Mr. Woyome when in fact the firm was rather against Woyome.

It was based on these that the Minister in a fit of rage projected the former Attorney General that “he is a damn big liar”.

“Get Martin Amidu to speak to his lies,” Dr. Omane Boamah demanded, pestering the show's host to call Martin Amidu into the show, but the host will not budge.

"Come out of whatever hole you're hiding in," he dared Mr Amidu.