Woyome last week filed an application seeking to stop an order of a single Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice A.A Benin that granted the Attorney General the go-ahead to orally examine him.

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It is Woyome’s contention that Article 134 (b) of the 1992 Constitution provides him the right to apply for a stay of the decision of a single Justice of the Supreme Court and to ask for a panel of three Justices of the Supreme Court to vary, discharge and or reverse the order of the single Justice of the Supreme Court. Article 134 (b) of the 1992 constitution.

The oral examination would also be based on whether the businessman "has any means of satisfying the judgement of this court, dated July 29, 2014" and the manner in which he "used the money paid to him by the Republic of Ghana."

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The State represented by the Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame contended that the provision in Article 134 (b) does not apply because the State is simply seeking to enforce the judgement of the Supreme Court against the Applicant (Mr. Alfred Woyome).

The AG added that the grant of stay of proceedings was discretionary and the Applicant ought to satisfy the court why their application for stay should be granted.