Private legal practitioner, lawyer Maurice Ampaw has rubbished suggestions by some lawyers and the Deputy Attorney General, Dominic Ayine that the Supreme Court has set a bad precedent in granting Martin Amidu’s request to orally examine Alfred over the GHC51.2 million debt. The Deputy Attorney General and some other lawyers especially form the ruling government … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome to appear before it on November 24 to be orally examined by former Attorney General, Martin Amidu in the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt case. The Supreme Court gave the order after Martin Amidu prayed it to allow him examine Woyome following the discontinuance of … Read more
Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine is warning of a bad precedent being set by the Supreme Court when it granted Martin Amidu’s request to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. He is also predicting a cul-de-sac in the Martin Amidu’s showdown with Woyome. Mr. Amidu who is a former Attorney General applied to orally … Read more
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome should have just paid back the GHC51 million judgment debt immediately after the Supreme Court ruled to that effect, Vice President of policy Think Tank IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil has said. A single Supreme Court judge, Justice Anin Yeboah on Wednesday November 16 upheld Mr. Amidu’s case in which he was … Read more
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who is facing trial for a GH¢51.2 million judgement debt, says he feels the country’s highest court, Supreme Court, is making him a scape goat. He has, therefore, appealed to the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, to intervene. “I am really being persecuted. I am being oppressed by the apex court … Read more
Alfred Agbesi Woyome’s aide Reginald Dogbe has predicted that many people will be disappointed come November 24 when his boss faces Martin Amidu in court. According to him, people are bent on hearing some names out of Alfred Agbesi Woyome disregarding the fact that he is human just like any other person. In an interview … Read more
Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine is warning of a bad precedent being set by the Supreme Court when it granted Martin Amidu’s request to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. He is also predicting a cul-de-sac in the Martin Amidu’s showdown with Woyome. Mr. Amidu who is a former Attorney General applied to orally … Read more
Government says it is a surprising legal error that the Supreme Court granted a private citizen the opportunity to do a job exclusively reserved for the state. Deputy Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine said it is only the state that is empowered by Article 88 to take actions to retrieve state property. The Article states among … Read more
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who is facing trial for a GH¢51.2 million judgement debt, says he feels the country’s highest court, Supreme Court, is making him a scape goat. He has, therefore, appealed to the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, to intervene. “I am really being persecuted. I am being oppressed by the apex court … Read more
Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome is accusing the Supreme Court of scheming to disgrace him. His comment comes after the apex Court granted former Attorney General, Martin Amidu’s request to orally examine him from whom the state is trying to retrieve 51.2 million cedis wrongfully paid to him. The court in its ruling read by … Read more
Ghana’s apex court has cleared former Attorney General Martin Amidu to cross-examine the embattled business man Alfred Woyome in relation to the GHC51 million judgement debt saga. The Supreme Court gave its ruling on today 16 November 2016 and ordered that both parties appear in court on 24 November 2016. The ruling, was to been … Read more
Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome walked out of the Supreme Court face down after the court granted former Attorney General, Martin Amidu’s request to orally cross-examine him. The Supreme Court granted the motion filed by former Attorney General, Martin Amidu requesting that the court allow him to orally examine business man Alfred Agbesi Woyome from whom … Read more
The Supreme Court will today give its judgement on Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu’s application praying the court to allow him to cross examine business man, Alfred Agbesi Woyome over the refund of the 51 Million Cedi judgment debt paid him. The ruling which was scheduled to be delivered yesterday [Tuesday] was deferred by the … Read more
The Supreme Court will today give its judgement on Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu’s application praying the court to allow him to cross examine business man, Alfred Agbesi Woyome over the refund of the 51 Million Cedi judgment debt paid him. The ruling which was scheduled to be delivered yesterday [Tuesday] was deferred by the judge … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has apologized to the Supreme Court over the absence of any of the Commission members in court on November 9, when the writ to compel the EC to declare results on Special Voting commenced. Mr Amadu Sulley, EC Deputy Chairman in Charge of Operations, who rendered the apology said: “it was … Read more
The much anticipated Supreme Court ruling on an application by former Attorney General and Minister of Justice to examine embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome over his controversial GHS51 million judgment debt saga has been postponed. The ruling which was scheduled to be delivered today [Tuesday] was suspended until tomorrow [Wednesday] by Justice Anin Yeboah through … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has apologised to the Supreme Court over the absence of any of the Commission members in court on November 9 when the writ to compel the EC to declare results on Special Voting commenced. Mr Amadu Sulley, EC Deputy Chairman in Charge of Operations, who rendered the apology said: “it was … Read more
The anti- corruption crusader, Mr Martin Amidu, yesterday slugged it out with lawyers for the state and businessman Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome at the Supreme Court in Accra over the oral examination of Mr Woyome on his assets. It all began when the Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, and the lawyer … Read more
The Supreme Court yesterday descended heavily on the six commissioners of the Electoral Commission (EC) for disrespecting the authority of the court by failing to appear before it in a suit bordering on the constitutionality of the special voting exercise. For two consecutive days, none of the commissioners or a designated official of the EC … Read more
A suit over the special voting exercise in the lead up to the December 7 polls has now taken centre stage at the Supreme Court, barely 24 hours after the court had put to rest the numerous suits over the disqualification of 12 presidential aspirants. At yesterday’s hearing of the suit, the apex court directed … Read more