Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu and Attorney General Gloria Akuffo<\/strong><\/p>\nSpecial Prosecutor Martin A.B.K. Amidu has
\ndragged the Attorney General (AG), Gloria Afua Akuffo, to the Supreme Court
\nover the \u2018failure\u2019 of her office to enforce a Supreme Court order \u00a0that says it should retrieve 47 million Euros fraudulently
\npaid to Waterville Holdings (BVI) Limited, a company belonging to businessman Alfred
\nAgbesi Woyome.<\/p>\n
According to the suit, unless the court \u2018compels\u2019
\nthe AG to enforce the order and also Woyme\u2019s company is ordered to comply and pay
\nthe full amount of debt, the labour and expenses exerted by him as the
\nplaintiff on behalf of Ghanaians would go in vain. <\/p>\n
Mr. Amidu\u2019s suit comes at a time the AG has
\nmade frantic efforts to recover all monies paid to Woyome as some of his
\nresidential property are about to be auctioned to offset the debt.<\/p>\n
Attached to the suit are Waterville Holdings
\n(BVI) Ltd as the second defendant\/respondent\/judgment debtor and Woyome as
\nthird defendant.<\/p>\n
Main Order<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Supreme Court on June 14, 2013 ordered
\nWaterville Holdings (BVI) Ltd to refund all monies paid to it by the National
\nDemocratic Congress (NDC) government as judgment debt over the termination of
\nan \u2018illegally\u2019 awarded contract for rehabilitation works on the Accra Sports Stadium
\nfor the AFCON 2008 hosted by Ghana.<\/p>\n
The Office of the AG under the John Mahama
\nadministration was, however, reluctant to retrieve the debt and subsequently delayed
\nthe processes of seeking direction from the court regarding the enforcement of
\nthe orders.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Woyome
\nthen instituted an action at the International Court of Arbitration against the
\nGovernment of Ghana, challenging the decision of the Supreme Court for his
\ncompany to refund the money.<\/p>\n
Woyome\u2019s
\nAntics<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Court of Arbitration on March 30, 2018 dismissed
\nthe case on grounds of lack of jurisdiction to declare that the contract based
\non which he was paid the judgment debt was valid and that the Government of
\nGhana is not entitled to a refund of the money.<\/p>\n
Woyome also went to the African Court on Human
\nand Peoples\u2019 Rights based in Arusha, Tanzania, where he filed a case against
\nGhana for breach of his fundamental human rights. <\/p>\n
In a unanimous decision, the court held that
\nMr. Woyome\u2019s right to non-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
Amidu\u2019s Action<\/strong><\/p>\nCurrently, Mr. Amidu is seeking an order for
\nthe AG to enforce the original order for Woyome to refund the full amount of
\n\u20ac47,365,624.00 (excluding interest thereon).<\/p>\n
According to him, it has been more than a year
\nsince the Arbitration Tribunal brought the arbitration proceedings to an end
\nand although the ruling is in favour of Ghana, the Supreme Court\u2019s orders are
\nyet to be enforced.<\/p>\n
This he averred \u201cdemonstrates that without any
\norders and directions from this Court to the 1st Defendant\/Respondent to
\nenforce the decision, orders and directions of this Court against the 2nd
\nDefendant\/Respondent\/Judgment Debtor herein, the labour and expenses exerted by
\nme (Martin Amidu) as the Plaintiff\/Applicant who commenced this action to a
\nsuccessful decision by this Court for the people of Ghana would go in vain and
\nbe compromised by inaction on the part of the 1st Defendant\/Respondent whose
\noffice created the unconstitutional Judgment Debt and the 2nd
\nDefendant\/Respondent\/Judgment Debtor acting wittingly or unwittingly in
\ntandem.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the Supreme Court should order the AG \u201cto
\nenforce the refund of all the total Judgement Debt of \u20ac47,365,624.00 (excluding
\ninterest thereon) and for the 2nd Defendant\/Respondent\/Judgment Debtor to obey
\nand carry out the orders and direction of this Court contained in the judgment,
\norders, and directions of the Court made in favour of the Plaintiff\/Applicant
\nherein on behalf of the people of Ghana against the 2nd
\nDefendant\/Respondent\/Judgment Debtor on 14th June 2013 pursuant to Articles 2
\nand 129 (4) of the 1992 Constitution after the conclusion of the International
\nChamber of Commerce Arbitration Case No.20562\/TO and the issuance of the Order
\nfor Termination of the said arbitration in four of the Republic of Ghana on
\n30th April 2018\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The case is scheduled for October 16, 2019.<\/p>\n
BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu and Attorney General Gloria Akuffo Special Prosecutor Martin A.B.K. Amidu has dragged the Attorney General (AG), Gloria Afua Akuffo, to the Supreme Court over the \u2018failure\u2019 of her office to enforce a Supreme Court order \u00a0that says it should retrieve 47 million Euros fraudulently paid to Waterville Holdings (BVI) Limited, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":704470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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