[ 2017-02-01 ]

Martin Amidu, Former Attorney General

Woyome case: Amidu struck out as defendant
The Supreme Court of Ghana has struck out former
Attorney General Martin Amidu as defendant in the
suit filed by private legal practitioner David
Ametefe, who is seeking interpretation from the
apex court on whether a sole judge hearing a case
before the court can interpret the constitution.

The sole judge had ruled in the highest court that
Amidu must orally examine businessman Alfred
Woyome in the controversial case of the GHS52
million judgment debt scandal. But Mr Ametefe
filed a suit challenging that ruling.

The apex court said Mr Ametefe, despite rightly
invoking the jurisdiction of the court, should not
have listed the former Attorney General as a
defendant. A cost of GHS5000 was awarded against
Mr Ametefe.

He was asking the court to set aside the ruling by
Justice Anin Yeboah, who, as a sole judge, held
that the former Attorney General must orally
examine businessman Alfred Woyome.

Source - classfmonline.com

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