[ 2016-11-17 ]

GHS51m saga: Court ruling 'legal error' – Deputy Attorney General
Deputy Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine has said
Ghana’s Supreme Court erred in its ruling to
grant former Attorney General Martin Amidu the
chance to examine businessman Alfred Woyome in
court.

According to him, the right to retrieve state
property under Article 88 of Ghana’s
constitution is the sole preserve of the Attorney
General.

According to him, “it is only the AG that can
take action with respect to state property”.

The apex court granted the permission to Mr Amidu
and said both parties should reappear in court on
24th November. Mr Amidu filed an application to
examine Mr Woyome about two weeks ago.

His action followed a move by the Attorney General
to discontinue oral examination of Mr Woyome.

The AG’s notice said: “Please take notice that
the 1st Defendant Judgment Creditor [Attorney
General] herein has this day [26th day of October
2016] discontinued the present application to
orally examine the 3rd defendant Judgment Debtor
[Alfred Agbesi Woyome] with liberty to
reapply.”

But My Ayine does not agree with the Supreme
Court, whose ruling based on Article 2,
effectively grants a citizen the right to bring
any action to court to protect state property.

For Mr Ayine, "that ruling is an evidential,
factual and legal error” and questioned if Mr
“Amidu strictly and properly speaking, [could]
go into execution?

"So what will be the purpose of the oral
examination?" he questioned, in an interview with
Joy FM on Thursday, November 17.

Source - Classfmonline

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