[ 2017-04-05 ]

Alfred Agbesi Woyome

Woyome misses first quarter GH¢51.2 million refund schedule
Per an arrangement between businessman, Mr Alfred
Agbesi Woyome and the Attorney General, with
regards to the refund of the GH¢51.2 million he
owes the state, he was supposed to have made a
second part payment of GH¢5million by April 1,
2017, but checks by Graphic Online indicates that
no payment has been made as of now.

Mr Woyome in a commitment letter dated October 27,
2016 to the Attorney General and signed by his
lawyer, Mr Ken Anku said: “Our client has a
clear intention to pay the said judgement debt and
that Woyome, as a law-abiding citizen of Ghana,
has and is always willing to pay the adjudged sum
of money by instalment, given the opportunity,
contrary to any perception otherwise.”

On November 8, 2016, Mr Woyome in another letter
to the outfit of the then Attorney General and
Minister of Justice, Mrs Marietta Brew
Appiah-Opong, proposed to pay the outstanding sum
by quarterly instalments and subsequently refunded
GH¢4 million which represented part payment of
the GH¢51.2 million he owed the state.

The second part payment was due April 1, 2017 but
checks by Graphic Online at the AG’s office
indicates that no payment has been made as of
now.

When Graphic Online contacted Mr Woyome via
telephone on Wednesday afternoon for a comment, he
deferred responses to his lawyer, Mr Ken Anku.

Through his lawyers, he promised to pay the
outstanding balance by quarterly instalments of
GH¢5 million, commencing April 1, 2017.

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, then
headed by Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong filed an
application at the Supreme Court to request for an
oral examination of Woyome but had to discontinue
the application when the first GH¢4 million was
paid.

A letter dated November 7, 2016 and signed by a
Chief State Attorney, Mrs Dorothy Afriyie-Ansah,
acknowledged receipt of a cheque for GH¢4 million
but five months afterwards, the second instalment
was yet to be paid.

On April 6, 2016, the Attorney-General initiated
garnishee proceedings against the managers of the
ADB, uniBank (Ghana) Limited and UT Bank, bankers
of Woyome.

As of the end of 2016, the garnishee had yielded
the following amounts: GH¢966.58, GH¢29,515.95,
GH¢1,008.70, US$98.17, US$32,779.68, US$223.08
and Euros 1,226.72 which have since been paid into
the bank account of the Attorney-General’s
office at the Bank of Ghana.

Source - Graphic.com.gh

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