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By
Morkporkpor Anku, RNG
Accra, March 27, GNA –
The Supreme Court rejected an application for review submitted by Alfred Agbesi Woyome,
requesting that the case concerning the property of his property be claimed by
the missing UT bank should have been transferred to the High Court.
A panel of three members
chaired by Judge Julius Ansah, with Judges Agnes A. Dordzie and
Professor Emmanuel Nii Ashie Kotey as members in a rejected unanimous decision
the request for review.
Godfred Lady Yeboah,
the Deputy Attorney General claimed 10,000 GH ¢ against Mr. Woyome
but the court has allocated to the state an amount of 6,000.00 GH ¢.
December 3, 2018,
the court, presided over by a single judge, Mr Anthony Benin, annulled a court decision.
objection raised by Mr. Osafo Buabeng, counsel for Woyome.
Mr. Buabeng had argued
that the case going on in court in which the recipients of the deceased UT
bank claimed certain properties, which according to the A-G belonged to Woyome
should be transferred to the High Court.
He said since the case
under the High Court (Rules of Civil Procedure, 2004, IC 47), having heard it at
the Supreme Court would deny parties the right to appeal, although IC 47
provides for the right of appeal in the process of execution.
Benin judge
rejected the objection and held that the Supreme Court had the power to
execute his judgment and, therefore, surrender his jurisdiction to the High
Court would be unconstitutional.
In April 2016, the UT
Bank, claimed ownership of the two Trasacco properties in Accra, when the
The state has tried to auction them off to cover the 51.2 million GHAC due to Woyome.
State.
With the claim the
The State can not sell these badets until it is proven that the bank's claim is
false.
The Supreme Court, the
July 29, 2014, ordered Mr. Woyome to repay 51.2 million GH ¢ to the state
grounds that he got money from unconstitutional and invalid contracts
between the state and Waterville Holdings Limited in 2006 for construction
stadiums for CAN 2008.
The court ruled that
the contracts concluded by Mr. Woyome that received and received the application were in
violation of Article 181-5 of Ghana's 1992 Constitution, which states that
demands that these contracts be pbaded by and approved by Parliament.
On March 1st, 2016, Mr.
Woyome prayed the court to give him three years to pay back the money, but the
the court refused to grant that.
However, he reimbursed
GH ¢ 4 million in November 2016 and promised to pay the remaining balance by
quarterly payments of GH ¢ 5 million as of April 1, 2017.
This did not happen
materialize after the businessman has initiated a litany of legal affairs at the
Supreme Court to support his case, all of which were dismissed.
Outside the fighting
his cases in the country, Mr. Woyome also sought redress from the
Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) based in
Paris, France, and the African Court of Justice and Human Rights based in
Arusha, Tanzania.
In August 2017, the
The ICC rejected his case on the grounds that he had not properly invoked his
jurisdiction.
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