Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the embattled businessman at the centre of the GH¢51 million Waterville judgment debt case, has threatened to sue the General Legal Council (GLC) and the Attorney General (AG) for the disbarment of Chief State Attorney Samuel Nerquaye-Tetteh.
In a notice dated January 31, the GLC disbarred the state attorney, Nerquaye-Tetteh, for receiving GH¢400,000 from Woyome into his wife’s account in 2011.
“I am taking the General Legal Council to court early next week and whatever we file, we will alert you so that you get to know it,” Woyome told the media, adding that he and his team will “pursue the General Legal Council and the AG for them to stop what they’re doing.”
Nerquaye-Tetteh led the prosecution for the state in the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt ‘illegally’ paid to Woyome, according to court documents.
But in a spirited defense for the disbarred state attorney, Mr Woyome said, amongst other things, that Nerquaye-Tetteh “did not handle his case file.”
“On what basis is the Attorney General still tarnishing the image of a person for all these years. If you read deeply, you’ll realise that Mr Nerquaye-Tetteh never handled my file.
“The only time Nerquaye-Tetteh was sent to court was when there was somebody out and he went to deputize and even that one it was after the government negotiation,” he said.
He also confirmed sending money to Nerquaye-Tetteh’s wife’s account, but that was for humanitarian purposes and not a bribe.
“Nerguaye-Tetteh’s wife’s money that I sent to her was on the basis of what I do at WOFA—Woyome Foundation for Africa,” said Alfred Woyome at a press conference in Accra on Friday, February 16.
He noted that, as part of his philanthropic drive, he paid “fees and other things for many people across the whole of Africa.”
Judgment debt payment refund
Alfred Woyome was paid ¢51 million after he claimed that he helped Ghana raise funds to construct stadiums for purposes of hosting the CAN 2008 Nations Cup.
The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the amount after Mr. Martin Amidu challenged the legality of the judgment debt paid to the businessman, Waterville, and Isofoton.
Following delays in retrieving the money, the Supreme Court judges unanimously granted the Attorney-General clearance to execute the court’s judgment ordering Mr. Woyome to refund the cash to the state.
Meanwhile, Woyome still owes Ghana a total of GH¢32,766,697, nine (9) years after he was ordered by the Supreme Court to pay a judgment debt of GH¢51,283,480.59 to the state for no work done in 2011.
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