SC dismisses Amidu’s review over ISOFOTON judgment

The Supreme Court has, by majority decision, dismissed a review motion filed by Martin Amidu against international firm ISOFOTON and the State.

The former Attorney General had earlier won a case he brought before the same court challenging the legality of the judgment debt paid to ISOFOTON.

In his review motion Mr. Amidu prayed the Court to order the agent of ISOFOTON, Anani Forson to personally refund the entire 325, 000 dollars paid by the State as judgment debt.

Starr FM’s Wilberforce Asare reported from court that the Supreme Court, by a majority decision of 8 to 3, maintained that the company must refund the money and not its agent, who was only a conduit through which ISOFOTON operated.

ISOFOTON was ordered last year by the Supreme Court to refund monies illegally paid to the firm as judgment debt.

Per the ruling, ISOFOTON was expected to cough up $325,472 and the interest accrued on the amount since 2011 – the year in which the monies were paid.

Isofoton were seeking in excess of 1.3 million judgment debt over claims their contract was illegally terminated by government.

They were alleged to have been contracted to execute a rural solar electrification project in 2006, but the then government upon further scrutiny re-awarded the contract to another Spanish Company Elecnor.

With the arrival of a new government, Isofoton accused the erstwhile NPP government of illegally abrogating a valid contract and demanded judgment debts to be paid to them.