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Alfred Agbesi Woyome<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nhopes of beleaguered businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome to avoid or at least\ndelay the refund of the GH\u00a251.2 million he fraudulently received as judgment\ndebt have been dashed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n

\n

Alfred Agbesi Woyome<\/strong><\/p>\n

The
\nhopes of beleaguered businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome to avoid or at least
\ndelay the refund of the GH\u00a251.2 million he fraudulently received as judgment
\ndebt have been dashed. <\/p>\n

The
\nAfrican Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights based in Arusha, Tanzania, where he
\nfiled a case against Ghana yesterday dismissed the application brought before
\nit. <\/p>\n

In
\na unanimous decision, the court held that Mr. Woyome\u2019s right to
\nnon-discrimination, right to equality before the law,
\nequal protection before the law and his right to be heard by an impartial
\ntribunal had all not been violated.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nWoyome was banking his hopes on the possible outcome of the ruling to further
\nfrustrate efforts by the state to retrieve the money which the Supreme Court
\nordered him to pay back. <\/p>\n

In
\nhis application, Mr. Woyome averred that his right was violated because a
\nSupreme Court judge, Justice Jones Victor Dotse, had made some personal remarks
\nagainst him when he brought the judgment debt case before the apex court for constitutional
\ninterpretation.<\/p>\n

At
\nthe time, Justice Dotse had stated that Mr. Woyome had \u201centered into an
\nalliance to create, loot and share the resources of this country as if a
\nbrigade had been set up for such an enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nWoyome claimed in his application that this comment denied him the right to be
\nheard by an impartial tribunal as he lost the constitutional case at the
\nSupreme Court.<\/p>\n

He
\npointed to the guarantees of this right as stated under Article 7 of the
\nAfrican Charter, a document which forms the basis of the African Court on Human
\nand Peoples\u2019 Right.<\/p>\n

Major Ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n

But
\nthe African Court in a unanimous decision held that Justice Dotse although he
\nwrote the lead judgment on the constitutional matter, he was only one of the 11
\njudges.<\/p>\n

According
\nto the decision, \u201cThe court is of the opinion that a single judge\u2019s remarks
\ncannot be considered sufficient to taint the entire bench. Furthermore, the
\napplicant has not illustrated how the judge\u2019s remarks at the ordinary bench later
\ninfluenced the decision of the review bench\u201d. <\/p>\n

The
\ncourt, therefore, dismissed the application brought by Woyome. <\/p>\n

Properties Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n

The
\nSupreme Court presided over by a single judge, Justice Alfred A. Benin, ordered
\nthe state to go ahead and sell four properties of Mr Woyome to defray the debt.<\/p>\n

This
\nwas after the court found that Mr Woyome had colluded with defunct UT Bank to
\nhide the properties from the state. <\/p>\n

The
\nproperties include three residential properties \u2013 two at Trassaco Valley and
\none at Accra Newton as well as a quarry at Mamfi in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n

The
\nproperties, according to Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, are
\nestimated to cost at least GH\u00a220 million. <\/p>\n

The
\nstate has also indicated that it has discovered two more properties belonging
\nto the businessman and will take steps to sell them off.<\/p>\n

Payment Plan <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr.
\nWoyome has since vowed to fight the decision of the single judge by seeking a
\nreview at the apex court.<\/p>\n

Speaking
\non Accra-based Kasapa FM,<\/em> he said he
\ndisagrees with the decision and would seek to have it overturned.<\/p>\n

He, however, said should the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Right order that he pay the money, he will sit with the state and come up with a payment plan.<\/p>\n

BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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