[ 2016-11-17 ]

Vote against Mahama or forget Woyome money – Amidu
Former Attorney General, Mr Martin Amidu has
stated that the GH¢51 million judgment debt paid
businessman and National Democratic Congress
financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, can only be
retrieved if there is a change of government.
In a statement released Thursday, Mr Amidu said,
“I am a senior and foundation member of the NDC,
the Governing party. But I am compelled to put
Ghana First and to defend the 1992 Constitution by
saying that the only way Ghanaians can have the
Woyome/Austro-Invest joint loot refunded is to
change the Government that created, looted and
shared the loot with them during the Presidential
elections this year.”

“A new Government will prosecute Woyome under
Article 2(3) and (4) of the 1992 Constitution for
High Crime should he delay any further in
refunding the unconstitutional loot. The new
Government will also enforce the Waterville
judgment debt of over Euro 47million loot or
prosecute it for High Crime,” he added.

Below is the full statement

GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO RECOVER THE
WOYOME/AUSTRO-INVEST LOOT: IT IS ALL JUST
ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGN – BY MARTIN A. B. K.
AMIDU

Does the Ghana Government believe us to be so
easily fooled that they concoct Woyome part
payments of the judgment debt as smoke and mirrors
for their election campaign? The people of Ghana
should demand to know from Government how its
Attorney General can – in enforcing the order of
the Supreme Court for Woyome to refund the
unconstitutional payments made to Woyome to the
Republic of Ghana – accept a cheque of
GHC4,000,000.00 drawn by Woyome dated 4th November
2016 in favour of the Economic and Organized Crime
Office as part payment of the monies ordered by
the Court to be refunded.

The Attorney General accepted the Economic and
Organized Crime Office cheque from Woyome and gave
a receipt acknowledging the payment “as part
payment for the Judgment Debt of GHC51,
283,483.59.” The Access Bank (GH) East Cant
cheque number 890081 and the Attorney General’s
receipt which were exhibited to the Attorney
General’s affidavit sworn by the Attorney
General herself on 9th November 2016 as Exhibits
“AG 7” and “AG7A” are attached herewith in
PDF for the public to judge how any Attorney
General, worth the name, can accept a cheque drawn
on the Economic and Organized Crime Office which
was not party to the action as part payment of the
refund ordered by the Court on 29th July 2014 for
the Republic.

I say with all the strength at my disposal that a
cheque drawn by Woyome in favour of the Economic
and Organized Crime Office, which was not a party
to the action or the judgment creditor, cannot be
a cheque in part payment of the unconstitutional
monies ordered by the Court to be refunded to the
Republic. The acceptance of the Economic and
Organized Crime Office cheque by the Attorney
General and the deception of the public by the
Attorney General that it is part payment for the
refund ordered by the Court brings into question
the competence of the Attorney General and the
Government in pursuit of the interest of the
Republic. The whole scheme appears to have been
cooked to defeat my application for leave to
examine Woyome orally on oath. In the hurry of the
Government and Woyome to defeat my application
they could not even cover their tracks with a
cheque drawn on the Ministry of Finance or the
Accountant-General as custodian of the
consolidated fund. The cheque could also have been
drawn on the Registrar of the Supreme Court and
paid into court for the Republic.

The foregoing is evidence, if evidence be needed,
that the Attorney General and the Government are
determined to kill the non-refund of the judgment
debt as an election issue by cooking up the
deceptive cheque and receipt to allow the status
quo to continue. They are purposefully deceiving
the electorate that efforts are being made to
retrieve the unconstitutional loot by Woyome
jointly with Austro-Invest, the client of
Lithur-Brew and Co, a law firm in which the
Attorney General was a partner. The law firm is
also the President’s personal lawyer.

I am a senior and foundation member of the NDC,
the Governing party. But I am compelled to put
Ghana First and to defend the 1992 Constitution by
saying that the only way Ghanaians can have the
Woyome/Austro-Invest joint loot refunded is to
change the Government that created, looted and
shared the loot with them during the Presidential
elections this year. A new Government will
prosecute Woyome under Article 2(3) and (4) of the
1992 Constitution for High Crime should he delay
any further in refunding the unconstitutional
loot. The new Government will also enforce the
Waterville judgment debt of over Euro 47million
loot or prosecute it for High Crime.

This is the only way out for Ghanaians to stand up
for their Constitutional rights and to retrieve
the unconstitutional monies created, looted and
shared by this Government with its political party
supporters who are now unconstitutional judgment
debtors to the Republic. As a loyal NDC member, I
will support most of my political party’s
parliamentary candidates who have shown honesty
and integrity to the Constitution. But I cannot in
good conscience and in defence of the Constitution
support its Presidential candidate to continue
leading the looting of the public purse.

Fellow patriotic citizens, I fought for two long
years for justice for the Constitution and for all
of us and the Supreme Court eventually vindicated
the public’s interest by ordering the refund of
the unconstitutional loot to the Republic of
Ghana. Unfortunately, the Government as the
leading looter has put obstacles in our way in
enforcing the orders of the Court. Fellow
citizens, help me in the name of the Constitution
to retrieve your money that was looted by voting
for a new President. Let us protect our
Constitutional rights and not be hoodwinked by
electioneering ploys. Let us get our GHC51, 283,
483. 59 back.

Defend the 1992 Constitution by voting for a new
President on 7th December 2016 to get our money
back. God bless Ghana and put Ghana First!

Source - Martin A. B. K. Amidu

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