[ 2016-10-26 ]

OccupyGhana lauds AG's action to retrieve GHC51m Woyome cash
Pressure group, Occupy Ghana, has praised the
efforts of the Attorney General’s department for
the latest move to retrieve the GHC51 million paid
to embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

Mr. Woyome was ordered by the Supreme Court in
2014 to pay back ¢51 million judgment debt
fraudulently paid him by the state after Mr.
Martin Amidu, a former Attorney General challenged
the legality of the payment.

However, following the failure of Mr. Woyome to
refund the monies and the apparent
non-availability of any assets against which the
judgment may be executed, the AG's Department has
applied to the court to order the oral examination
of Mr. Woyome's assets.

In a statement Tuesday, Occupy Ghana stated that
“the step that the Attorney-General has taken is
based on the procedural rule that if after
judgment, a debtor does not pay immediately, the
creditor may apply to the court for an order that
would bring the debtor before the court to be
examined as to his means.

“This step can be very effective because it is
not only intended to be a mere examination of the
debtor, but a cross-examination, and that of the
severest kind, as to his means. Thus, a debtor
would be compelled by the court to disclose where
all of his assets are, and if they have been sold
or paid out, how that happened. If the debtor does
not disclose the assets or tells lies, he could be
imprisoned for contempt or worse, tried and
sentenced for perjury.

“In this belated, yet brilliant move by the
Attorney-General, Woyome would be compelled to
testify, not only as to where his assets are, but
also where and how he spent the GH¢51M that he
received from Ghana, and whether any of those sums
are available for execution.”


OCCUPYGHANA URGES ATTORNEY-GENERAL NOT TO
DISCONTINUE ENFORCEMENT AGAINST WOYOME.

Occupy Ghana is gratified to read press reports
about the latest step finally taken by the
Attorney-General’s Department to recover the
GH¢51M owed to Ghana by Alfred Woyome.

This step was the application to the Court to
order the oral examination of Woyome on his
assets, because of his abject refusal or failure
to pay the judgment debt owed to Ghana, and the
apparent non-availability of any assets against
which the judgment may be executed.

The step that the Attorney-General has taken is
based on the procedural rule that if after
judgment, a debtor does not pay immediately, the
creditor may apply to the court for an order that
would bring the debtor before the court to be
examined as to his means.

This step can be very effective because it is not
only intended to be a mere examination of the
debtor, but a cross-examination, and that of the
severest kind, as to his means. Thus, a debtor
would be compelled by the court to disclose where
all of his assets are, and if they have been sold
or paid out, how that happened. If the debtor does
not disclose the assets or tells lies, he could be
imprisoned for contempt or worse, tried and
sentenced for perjury.

In this belated, yet brilliant move by the
Attorney-General, Woyome would be compelled to
testify, not only as to where his assets are, but
also where and how he spent the GH¢51M that he
received from Ghana, and whether any of those sums
are available for execution.

To the extent that any persons benefitted from
Ghana’s monies, they also stand the risk of
being pursued by the Republic on an action in
tracing, which would track and trace the monies
into the hands of every recipient, and possibly
recover the monies from them. We believe that for
the people of Ghana, this will be an opportunity
to discover exactly what happened to our monies
that were wrongfully paid to Woyome, and to
recover those monies.

We are aware that on 19th October 2016 the Supreme
Court granted the order and set 10th November 2016
as the date when Woyome is to attend court for
this all-important testimony on where his assets
are, and possibly, how he spent the GH¢51M.

While expressing our satisfaction with the latest
and drastic step, however belated it has been, we
wish to notify the Attorney-General that we are
monitoring this process and the execution of the
court order very closely.

We believe that the Attorney-General is taking all
of these steps, however belatedly, in a genuine
attempt to recover the monies that Woyome still
owes to Ghana. We also believe that this process
will be followed through without fear or favour,
or any delays or attempts to vacate the court
order or discontinue this crucial enforcement
step.

Yours in the service of occupying hearts and minds
for God and Country.

Source - Starrfm

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