Woyome runs to African Court of Justice over human rights

Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has dragged the Attorney General to the African Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania, over the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt paid to him by the erstwhile administration which the Supreme Court ordered him to refund to the state.

The apex court ruled that he got the money wrongfully.

However, dissatisfied with the ruling by the court, Woyome has resorted to the African Court of Justice to determine the matter.

He said he was of the view that the Supreme Court of Ghana violated his human rights when it ruled that he should refund the money.

In April 2017, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has petitioned the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), over the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt.

He said the ruling by the Supreme Court asking him to refund the money he was paid wrongfully and should be refunded, was a breach of his human rights.

In his statement of claim at the African Court of Justice, Woyome said his human rights to equality before the law, fair trial and an impartial tribunal have been violated by the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, report by the Ghanaian Times indicates that lawyers at the Attorney General’s Department have filed a fresh motion asking the Supreme Court to order Woyome to appear before it on Thursday June 28, 2017, to be orally examined regarding his indebtedness of GH₵51.2 million to the state.

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Records indicate that he had already paid GH₵4 million in 2016 to the Attorney General as part payment following an agreement reached between the two parties and also an undertaking given by Mr Woyome to be paying GH₵5 million every four months in instalment until the final payment be made in April 1, 2019.

However, an Ex-parte motion filed on Friday June 2, 2017 is among others, seeking to know from My Woyome whether there was any property for satisfying the judgment of dated July 29, 2014.