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Alfred Agbesi Woyome. Videos by ENOCH DARFAH FRIMPONG
Alfred Agbesi Woyome. Videos by ENOCH DARFAH FRIMPONG

I’m being persecuted — Woyome (VIDEO)

Few hours after the Supreme Court had granted permission to the anti-corruption crusader, Mr Martin Alamisi Amidu, to orally examine Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman, over Woyome’s assets, the businessman pledged to fight for his right until the last drop of his blood.

“I abide by the review decision of the Supreme Court, but I am unable to agree with the decision. I disagree totally with today’s ruling and will do whatever I can to see to it that justice is done in this way,” he told a press conference at his residence in Accra.

Below is a video of Mr Woyome's response (Part One)

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Part Two of Mr Woyome's reponse

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Part Three of the response

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Ruling

The Supreme Court, presided over by Mr Justice Anin Yeboah, said Mr Amidu had the right, under Article 2 of the 1992 Constitution, to invoke the original jurisdiction of the court to retrieve the money on behalf of the state.

The court’s directive was aimed at eventually retrieving the GH¢51.2 million judgement debt paid to Mr Woyome, who has been ordered to appear before the court on Thursday, November 24, 2016 to be orally examined by Mr Amidu.

Fair hearing

But Mr Woyome said he believed that the Supreme Court was fighting against him, saying, “I think the Supreme Court is persecuting me, instead of prosecuting the law.”

He, therefore, appealed to the Chief Justice to intervene on his behalf, since the court ruling did not give him a fair hearing.

“I have not been given any hearing to evaluate my evidence, leading to a total shut of the door to justice on me. I am really being persecuted, I am being oppressed by the apex court now,” he said and described the stance of the Supreme Court as worrying.

Refund of the money

He said he had made a pledge to refund all the money the court directed him to repay, “even though I was paid legally and Martin Amidu knows about this”.

He explained that he had made a proposal of repayment terms to pay GH¢8 million and the remaining repaid in tranches for 24 months, “but the attorney in charge of the case refused my proposal”.

Sharing of money

He rejected a purported list of people that was in circulation with whom he is alleged to have shared the money and wondered whether, as a Ghanaian businessman, he was barred from doing business with Ghanaians.

Mr Woyome said he was not a Father Christmas to share money but that he was “a hardworking businessman” and that he paid money to individuals who had legally worked for it.

Singling out Mr O.B. Amoah, a former Deputy Youth and Sports Minister in the Kufuor government, he said it was true that he paid money to him but explained that Mr Amoah worked for him and deserved payment.

Martin Amidu

Referring to Mr Amidu, Mr Woyome wondered why he was currently in court when he (Amidu) was the Attorney-General who presided over the last payment of GH¢14,188,987.06 to him (Woyome).

He wondered why Amidu could not stop the payment if he felt there was something wrong and expressed the belief that Mr Amidu was bringing out issues that had no basis because he had been sacked by former President J.E. Atta Mills.

Mr Woyome expressed the belief that Mr Amidu had gone to court against himself and that if he was talking about unconstitutional conduct, it applied to him.

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