Judgment debt saga: Martin Amidu wins case against Waterville

The Supreme Court has ordered Waterville Holdings Ltd. to return to the state monies it obtained illegally arising out of claims it brought against the state in 2009.

The court's followed arguments before it by former Attorney General Martin Amidu that neither Waterville nor businessman Alfred Agbesie Woyome, who also obtained similar payments, had a valid contract with the state to warrant the payments.


The seven judges in a unanimous decision ruled that the monies paid Waterville in the judgement debt scandal were illegal and must be refunded.


Amidu who described himself as a citizen vigilante went to court seeking reliefs for monies paid illegally to both Woyome and Waterville to be declared illegally paid and an order for same to be returned to the state.

The judges granted six of the 15 reliefs sought by the former AG and only stayed a verdict on parts of the reliefs concerning Mr Woyome because those were the subject of another matter yet to be determined at the High Court.


The judges praised Martin Amidu for his relentless efforts in retrieving monies paid illegally to companies by the state.