“By
justice, a king gives stability to the land …If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked (Prov. 29: 4 &12)
There is no doubt that President Mills’ integrity is
unquestionable. His merciful and meek disposition marks him out as leader with
rare leadership qualities that his most vitriolic critics won’t deny.
Thanks to the law of homogeneity, that “birds of the same feathers, flock
together,” he has assembled around him people who have similar leadership
traits.
But, not all the men around him have these traits.
Some of them, with dark and evil minds, have become the cancer that is slowly
destroying the unity of the party.
Of course, one cannot expect President Mills to
score 100% in the choice of the people surrounding him. Not even Jesus Christ
was able to score 100% with the people he selected to be his Apostles. That is
why in the end, one betrayed him, another denied him and a third doubted him.
Really, some of the men around President Mills have
become a headache to most people in the NDC and it is these people who have
hijacked President Mills’ quest for justice in the matter of the payment of
judgment debts to embark on a personal vendetta against businessman, Alfred
Agbesi Woyome. They are using President Mills’ quest for justice to settle
personal scores with the businessman. Ultimately, President Mills ought to
understand that the consequences of their act will be laid at his door-steps.
That is why His Excellency must not allow them to have their way, no matter how
much he trusts them.
Jesus did not deceive himself that his own men, the
twelve Apostles, cannot let him down. We pray President Mills has this heavenly
wisdom
Anybody with average mind who has followed the
Woyome brouhaha since it broke out and who has read the EOCO report without a
prejudice mind will come to the conclusion that dark and sinister minds with
power and influence in the Mills government are behind attempts to ensure that
Woyome is humiliated and jailed to satisfy their empty and vain egos.
Those people, who are all above sixty years, no
longer care whether the NDC will go to opposition or not. One of them recently
told a pro-NDC journalist that if the NDC goes to opposition, he loses nothing;
it is the young ones in the party who will suffer. How sad!
President Mills has a lot to think of as President
of Ghana but we humbly ask him to think about the following;
(i) Why was Woyome’s bank cheque leaflets
photocopied and shared to members of the NDC communication group recently?
(ii) Per a court ruling following a petition
by EOCO, an Accra High Court (Financial Division) with Justice Bright Mensah
presiding granted EOCO the permission to freeze Woyome’s Account no
1161000009158 with ADB. EOCO did not freeze only that account but without a
court order, froze all Mr. Woyome’s account including that with Rural
Banks.Why?
(3) Your Excellency,
has the law be followed in this case? Is justice being served?
(4) Obviously, to
ensure that Woyome cannot fight back, the dark hands want to weaken him
financially. Is that not so?
(5) So, since all of
Woyome’s accounts have been frozen, how is he, his children and his wife to
survive?
(6) Are they not being
denied the right to life?
(7) Woyome
was the only one who was co-operating with EOCO. Yet, he is the only one who
was arrested like a common thief and thrown into police cells while the others
who refuse to appear before EOCO were treated more humanely? Why?
(8) The EOCO report
claims that Mr. Paul Asimenu told them he deceived the AG with his opinion to
her about the capacity of Mr. Woyome to demand payment for job done in the CAN
2008 matter. Mr. Asimenu claims and has told the police he never made such
statement. Why is it in the EOCO report?
(9) When Alfred Woyome
appeared before EOCO, in answer to a question, he said he has a police officer
guarding his house as a member of government. The next day, Kwesi Pratt was on
air talking about Alfred Woyome having a police guard. What is the relationship
between EOCO and Kwesi Pratt? CJA?
(10) The EOCO report
claimed that Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Dufuor queried the settlement based
on the said advice (of Asimenu) when it came to his attention. There is no
documentary proof that the Finance Minister queried the settlement. So, why is
this captured in the EOCO report?
(11)Mrs. Effie
Simpson-Ekuban was the Member/Secretary to the Central Tender Review Board
(CTRB) which evaluated all the bids and held that Waterville’s bid was the
best. She was also the Ag. Chief Director at the Ministry of Finance when the
judgment debt was being paid to Mr. Woyome. It was her failure to furnish the
Chief State Attorney, Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh that made it possible for Mr. Woyome
to secure a default judgment. How come EOCO did not mention her in their
report?
(12) Even though there
is evidence that the Chief State Attorney was ready to go defend government in
the case, the inability of Mrs. Simpson-Ekuban to furnish him with documents he
asked for made it impossible for him to do so. EOCO, in its report stated that
the Chief State Attorney, Nerquaye-Tetteh, deliberately failed to go defend
government. Why this lie?
(13) Why is it that NDC
leading lights who are friends of Mr. Woyome are suddenly shying away from him,
fearing that they will be sacked if they do so. Who will sack them? Not His
Excellency, certainly?
(ii) Who then are the
NDC members afraid of? The answer is obvious.
(12) Since it is a fact
that a person is “innocent until proven guilty,” why are some people in the NDC
anxious to isolate Woyome from the NDC?
Your Excellency, two
things convinced the Daily Post
before December 2008 that you and the NDC will win the election. The first is
the illegal jailing of Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata. The second is a High Court decision
against Mr. Kwame Poku, a busineeman in Tema in a case brought before him by
his business partner, a son of the then President Kufuor.
In both cases, the
Executive clearly interfered with the cause of justice. That is one thing God
cannot stand, especially when the cry of the innocent victim comes to Him. For
this paper, it was the Kufuor government’s use of the judiciary to settle personal
scores that spiritually led to its downfall.
Don’t fall into the
same trap, Your Excellency. If the dark hands adulterate the cause of justice
and Mr. Alfred Woyome is illegally jailed as they want him, his cry will go
before God. The consequences are will be dire.
In thirty years time,
no one will know who the Vice-President of Ghana, or the various Ministers,
Chairmen of the Boards of Directors, Security heads or MCEs were between 2008
and 2016 when you ruled. But everyone shall remember you as the President. The
acts of omission or commission by your men will be part of your legacy. The
action of those who want Woyome jailed at all cost will be part of your legacy.
Alfred Woyome deserves
to be treated fairly. If he is found guilty by the courts, so be it. If he is
found not guilty, so be it.
But let him not be
found guilty because of the machinations of his enemies who want to show him
where power lies. The ball is in your court, your Excellency.
Remember that“By
justice, a king gives stability to the land…” (Prov. 29:4)
