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A-G asks for more time to respond on Woyome case

By GNA
Social News A-G asks for more time to respond on Woyome case
FEB 5, 2016 LISTEN

Accra, Feb. 5, GNA - The Attorney-General has prayed the Supreme Court for more time to within which to respond to the statement of defence filed by the first defendant (Alfred Agbesi Woyome, businessman) in a suit requesting the overturn of its decision that he refunds GH₵1 million to the state.

Mrs Dorothy Afriyie Ansah, Chief State Attorney, told the Court that the Department moves for the motion paper and the supplementary affidavit.

'We were unable to file within the time frame served,' she added.

At the last sitting, the Court gave Mr Woyome, seven days to file his statement of defence.

The nine-member jury led by the Chief Justice Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood gave the Attorney-General by close of Friday, February, 5 to respond to the statement.

The Supreme Court has also ordered the parties in case to file a joint agreed statement of memorandum but failure to do so collectively would warrant each individual filing their separate statements by February 9.

Alhaji Abdulai Yusif Fanash Muhammed has gone to the Supreme Court inviting it to overturn its decision that Woyome refund GH 51 million cedis to the state.

The anti-corruption crusader Martin Amidu, who is also in the case, filed a suit at the Supreme Court praying the Supreme Court to throw out a suit filed by one Abdulai Yusif Fanash Muhammed which is praying the same Court to overturn its own earlier ruling concerning the businessman to return GH₵ 51.2 million to the state.

Mr Muhammed sued Mr Amidu, the Attorney General, and Mr Woyome for a declaration that 'the financial engineering claims by Alfred Agbesi Woyome arising out of the tender bid by Vamed Engineering GmbH/Waterville Holdings during the procurement process from June 2005 until its wrongful abrogation in August 2005 is not an international business transaction within the meaning of Article 181 of the Constitution, 1992,' for which reason parliamentary endorsement would have been necessary.

Woyome was acquitted and discharged by a High Court on two counts of defrauding by false pretences and causing financial loss to the state.

Mr Woyome was paid the GH₵51 million after he sued the state over an alleged breach of a purported contract between him and the Government.

Mr Woyome promised to refund the money by the end of 2015.

GNA

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