Martin Amidu places Woyome in a Headlock

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Frank Agyena-Karikari 12 years ago

This Amidu is the kind of man who should be president of the country with his no nonsense attitude to corruption. Everybody knows Wayome used dubious means to steal from Ghana and was ably assisted by some in government who h ...
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This Amidu is the kind of man who should be president of the country with his no nonsense attitude to corruption. Everybody knows Wayome used dubious means to steal from Ghana and was ably assisted by some in government who have sold their consciences. Hope Amidu is able to get Ghana's money back. Let us all support him.
Pelicles 12 years ago

Selfless citizens like Hamidu are very rare and they do not last to finish their job. During Achampong's time, this policeman, whose goes by the name "Aban" became a household name in the Accra metropolis. The only crime he ...
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Selfless citizens like Hamidu are very rare and they do not last to finish their job. During Achampong's time, this policeman, whose goes by the name "Aban" became a household name in the Accra metropolis. The only crime he committed was not accepting bribe and that led to his untimely death through poisoning.

Right now, all effort should be made to give the "lone crusader" a protection against the "dark forces" that will try to stop his mission.

There are some top government and party gurus hiding in the pocket of Woyome and for them to be exposed at the public ridicule, they will explore any way possible, to silence him Hamidu.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 12 years ago

I just laugh when people who don't know Martin well hold him in such high esteem. Fine, for the past one year he has successfully painted a completely rosy picture of himself as an incorruptible nationalist. But I tell you, w ...
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I just laugh when people who don't know Martin well hold him in such high esteem. Fine, for the past one year he has successfully painted a completely rosy picture of himself as an incorruptible nationalist. But I tell you, when Martin's night is turned into day, a lot of people will flee from him.
mensah abrampa 12 years ago

Why don't you just publish the Amidu bombshell instead of just wasting time with snippety gossip on the web. Whatever info you have or may not have about Martin Amidu will not change the truth about Woyome and the $52m deal.

Why don't you just publish the Amidu bombshell instead of just wasting time with snippety gossip on the web. Whatever info you have or may not have about Martin Amidu will not change the truth about Woyome and the $52m deal.
THE SEARCHLIGHT 12 years ago

DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT HE WAS.WORRY ABOUT WHAT HE HAS BECOME.BEFORE PAUL BECAME PAUL HE WAS SAUL.WE MUST ALL SUPPORT MARTIN FINANCIALLY ,SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY AND MORALLY.MORE GREASE TO YOUR ELBOW MARTIN.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT HE WAS.WORRY ABOUT WHAT HE HAS BECOME.BEFORE PAUL BECAME PAUL HE WAS SAUL.WE MUST ALL SUPPORT MARTIN FINANCIALLY ,SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY AND MORALLY.MORE GREASE TO YOUR ELBOW MARTIN.
Barima Yaw 12 years ago

true

true
Nicole 12 years ago

Amidu is Woyome worst nightmare & I hope he continue to hound him down until he vomits all our money.

Amidu is Woyome worst nightmare & I hope he continue to hound him down until he vomits all our money.
bex 12 years ago

Hon. Amidu is a cool operator; his adversary Woyome is a streetsmart thug. I like Amidu in this fight, and my bet is on him to finish off this braggart. Corruption in high places must stop.

Hon. Amidu is a cool operator; his adversary Woyome is a streetsmart thug. I like Amidu in this fight, and my bet is on him to finish off this braggart. Corruption in high places must stop.
WIAFE 12 years ago

"Rockson Adofo, that fearless "No nonsense" son of Kumawu/Asiampa in the Ashanti Region." What is this all about?

Your people have so many social problems plaguing them so how has your no-nonsense and fearlessness provide ...
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"Rockson Adofo, that fearless "No nonsense" son of Kumawu/Asiampa in the Ashanti Region." What is this all about?

Your people have so many social problems plaguing them so how has your no-nonsense and fearlessness provided jobs, schools, water and health facilities for the people of Kumawu/Asiampa?
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 12 years ago

GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY ...
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GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY SUICIDAL. HAD NDC MANAGED THE ECONOMY WELL, THESE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SITUATION. NDC HAS PRESIDED OVER THE BIGGEST RESOURCES GHANA HAS EVER HAD. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED MORE LOANS THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT IN OUR HISTORY, BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THIS. GHANAIANS SHOULD HAVE ENJOYED SOME ECONOMIC PROGRESS AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY. THE ECONOMY IS COLLAPSING BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS SO CORRUPT. TO RESCUE THE SITUATION, THE POOR IS NOW BEING FORCED TO PAY. THIS IS INJUSTICE. THIS IS NOT THE GHANA KUFFOUR HANDED OVER TO NDC, HE EVEN ADDED FRESH CRUDE OIL WELLS. NPP TRANFORMED GHANA TO A MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES BUT GOOD POLICIES. NDC IS WOEFULLY REVERSING THESE NPP ACHIEVEMENTS. GHANA'S CURRENT SITUATION IS VERY DISTURBING. WHEN THE HISTORY IS TOLD, IT WILL BE SAID THAT GHANAIANS WERE OFFERED FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, IMPROVED UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL HOUSING FOR THE POOR AND AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY BUT 50% SAID NO THANK YOU. THEY PREFERRED ECONOMIC "WOYOMISATION" , PHANTOM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PHILANDERERS FOR LEADERS, MACHIAVELLIAN DISRESPECTFUL CORRUPT LOUTS AND A VISIONLESS EVIL GOVERNMENT. I AM SO PROUD I VOTED FOR NANA AKUFFO ADDO.

Kondendiara Kakraba 12 years ago

Stop diverting attention here man. Is acknowledging one's abilities and character a crime in Ghana? Ain't you concerned Woyome has defrauded the state of such gargantuan amount? The Woyome money could have been used to create ...
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Stop diverting attention here man. Is acknowledging one's abilities and character a crime in Ghana? Ain't you concerned Woyome has defrauded the state of such gargantuan amount? The Woyome money could have been used to create jobs, build school, provide good drinking water and the health facilities you so much talk about. When that money is retrieved, those things will be done.
Mark Doe 12 years ago

Sack Attorney General-Tarzan
Published on February 22, 2013
Dr. Charles Yves Wereko-Brobby

Dr. Charles Yves Wereko-Brobby

Maverick politician and the former Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr. Cha ...
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Sack Attorney General-Tarzan
Published on February 22, 2013
Dr. Charles Yves Wereko-Brobby

Dr. Charles Yves Wereko-Brobby

Maverick politician and the former Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby has called on President John Dramani Mahama to sack the newly-appointed Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong.

Dr. Wereko-Brobby mounted this crusade apparently because of the recent revelation that prior to her appointment, Mrs. Appiah-Opong’s law firm LithurBrew & Co, where she was a senior partner, had made claims against the government of Ghana in favour of a foreign firm, Switzerland-based Austro Investment Management Limited (Autro Invest).

Apparently, when the embattled law firm was making the claims for Austro Invest, the company had no basis because it had already been declared bankrupt in Switzerland months earlier.

This was in 2011 during the infamous scandal involving the alleged fraudulent payment of GH¢51.2 million to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

According to Dr. Wereko-Brobby, in a statement released on Thursday, the fact that Mrs. Appiah-Opong was directly involved in the legal tussle to claim GH¢51.2million from Ghana meant she was not fit to serve the public interest in the current legal tussle between the State and Mr. Woyome, in which the state is trying to retrieve the money.

“The President must ask the Attorney-General to resign her position now or sack her without any reservation,” Dr. Wereko-Brobby stated in his statement.

“It is also a major test of the President’s public commitment to get to the bottom of the Woyome matter, and indeed constitutes a BIG SLAP IN THE FACE of the work of the Sole Commissioner whose findings will ultimately be reviewed on the Government’s behalf by the Attorney-General,” he observed.

On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, the Supreme Court waded into the fraudulent Woyomegate judgment debt controversy and suggested to the Ghana Bar Association to sanction Tony Lithur of LithurBrew and Co who represented Austro Invest, “for leading a dead foreign company to make claims in a Ghanaian court.”

The Supreme Court made this recommendation due to the involvement of Tony Lithur in leading a nonexistent company in the claims made against Ghana.

“Whatever it is, the recommendation of the Supreme Court must be tantamount to an indictment of the appropriateness of the continuance in office of the current Attorney General.

“It is inconceivable that the current Attorney-General would not have been deeply involved in the said case in her former role as a senior partner in Mr. Lithur’s company.

It is equally sloppy that those who supposedly did the mandatory security check on the Attorney-General did not know, or more probably did not highlight her association with Mr. Lithur’s company,” stated Dr. Wereko-Brobby, a controversial politician and a leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The Spoiler

These damning dimensions to the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt scandal emerged on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, when former Attorney General Martin A.B.K Amidu dragged the Attorney General, Mr. Woyome, Austro Investment Ltd and Waterville Holding (BVI) Ltd to the Supreme Court in a bid to retrieve the GH¢51.2million that had been fraudulently paid to Mr. Woyome.

Mr Amidu, who tried to prosecute Mr. Woyome when he was the Attorney General in 2011 because he believed that his predecessor, Betty Mould-Iddrisu and some people within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government had connived with the businessman to fraudulently fleece the country of that money, was sacked by the then President John Evans Atta Mills.

Mr. Amidu’s dismissal was shrouded in secrecy, but it was believed that he was sacked because he was getting too close to exposing powerful people in the NDC involved in the scandalous judgment debt payout to Mr. Woyome.

Since his dismissal, the NDC government had made moves to retrieve the money, but Mr. Amidu and several other critics were convinced that the effort was half-hearted and that the NDC was truly not interested in retrieving the money from Mr. Woyome, a key bankroller of the NDC.

Martin Amidu, popularly called ‘Citizen Vigilante’, said he was dragging the parties to court to make real efforts at retrieving the controversial judgment debt from Mr. Woyome and his accomplices.

He said he was taking the legal action in the “supreme public interest”.

By Raphael Ofori-Adeniran
kobby 12 years ago

Mind you one day NDC will be out power remember Victor Salomey, its doesn't matter who win or not, but we in the Americas are watching. Thanks

Mind you one day NDC will be out power remember Victor Salomey, its doesn't matter who win or not, but we in the Americas are watching. Thanks
Ogyam 12 years ago

No wonder Martin Amodu was never considered for any position in this corrupt Mahama administration. After all this gov't might be a "temporary" one if "TRUTH" prevails. KUDOS AMIDU and more grease to your elbows.

No wonder Martin Amodu was never considered for any position in this corrupt Mahama administration. After all this gov't might be a "temporary" one if "TRUTH" prevails. KUDOS AMIDU and more grease to your elbows.
yd 12 years ago

All Ghanaians should hit the street and demanded for their money from the thieves.

All Ghanaians should hit the street and demanded for their money from the thieves.
yd 12 years ago

We no go sit down make them cheat us everyday no no.Thieving politicians go to hell.

We no go sit down make them cheat us everyday no no.Thieving politicians go to hell.
Rockson 12 years ago

To start with, I say, congratulations to Hon. Martin Amidu. He is not only a dedicated Ghanaian fighting official corruption but also, a hero and an adorable citizen vigilante in the eyes of many Ghanaians. He shares the same ...
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To start with, I say, congratulations to Hon. Martin Amidu. He is not only a dedicated Ghanaian fighting official corruption but also, a hero and an adorable citizen vigilante in the eyes of many Ghanaians. He shares the same intentions and objectives as in pursuance by Hon. Kennedy Agyapong and Rockson Adofo, that fearless "No Nonsense" son of Kumawu/Asiampa in the Ashanti Region.

I have lately become infuriated at the deliberate dismal attitude by the State prosecutors intended to let Woyome off the hook. This is the reason for my recent copious writings to seeking help to tackle him. It is no wonder therefore that I am overjoyed to read and hear that Hon. Martin Amidu has given him a headlock in the Supreme Court. He cannot escape with the stolen money as I have been telling him all along. Now is the moment of reckoning. He has to give a fullest account of how he came to access that GHC51.2 million, who his accomplices were and how he disbursed the money among themselves.

He was recently bragging about the court vindicating him in the end. He asserted with certainty about him emerging victorious from the criminal suit as if he was legally entitled to the money he so fraudulent obtained from the State on pretence. As less intelligent as he is, and has always been, he could not see that his self-confessed claim of not having personally or otherwise signed a contract with the government was more than enough proof to find him guilty if and only if, the prosecutors would honestly prosecute him.

I am extremely happy that the conniving rogues selected to prosecute Woyome will soon bury their heads in their palms awash in shame. They thought all Ghanaians were as intellectually deficient as they are. They thought to be capable of fooling all Ghanaians by their unending flimsy excuses leading to the unnecessarily incessant adjournments of the case. By that methodical delay tactics, they had expected the presiding judge (Justice Ajet-Nassam) sitting on the case to eventually throw the case out for lack of evidence. This will have made Woyome win the case on technical grounds hence his recently found ego, raising his shoulders, sauntering around the streets and the corridors of power claiming he will soon be vindicated.

As I had said, only a private prosecution as now instituted by Hon. Martin Amidu can remove the smiles from the face of Woyome, the Ghanaian swindler of the century. He is now in hot waters, wallowing and paddling his legs like a mermaid in search of an escape route from imminent danger. I told you so, Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

More grease to the elbows of Rt. Hon. Martin Amidu. I hope we shall all rally financial, moral, and spiritual support for him to prevail over Woyome and his Ghanaian version of the "Arabian Ali Baba and his forty thieves". We shall soon see all those NDC bigwigs that were behind the fraudulent deal that earned them GHC51.2 million through the crook going by the name, Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
Yahaya USA 12 years ago

Crook woyome u will surely vomit the cash to Ghanaian. First class robber.

Crook woyome u will surely vomit the cash to Ghanaian. First class robber.
Amuzu 12 years ago

God will listen to the cry of the poor and vunerale who have been denied the provision of hospitals, schools,potable drinking water and decent accommodation as a result of this fraud.God will punish you even if the courts fre ...
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God will listen to the cry of the poor and vunerale who have been denied the provision of hospitals, schools,potable drinking water and decent accommodation as a result of this fraud.God will punish you even if the courts frees you Wayome
nana 12 years ago

I love this man. Guys lets all render our maximum support to this man so that he can retrieve our money for us. may God bless him and his descendant.

I love this man. Guys lets all render our maximum support to this man so that he can retrieve our money for us. may God bless him and his descendant.

KWADZO 12 years ago

IGNORAMUS-ADOFO ROCKSON, EDUCATE YOURSELF BY FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS IN COURT AND STOP THE CRAP U HAVE BEING WRING TO MISINFORM THE PUBLIC. IS IT THAT U ARE SO FRUSTRATED THAT, U ALWAYS WANT TO VENT YOUR ANGER OF FAILURE IN LI ...
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IGNORAMUS-ADOFO ROCKSON, EDUCATE YOURSELF BY FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS IN COURT AND STOP THE CRAP U HAVE BEING WRING TO MISINFORM THE PUBLIC. IS IT THAT U ARE SO FRUSTRATED THAT, U ALWAYS WANT TO VENT YOUR ANGER OF FAILURE IN LIFE ON MR. WOYOME? U ARE A POOR SOUL WHO IS MISLEADING SOME IGNORANT PPL OF YOR KIND IN THE COUNTRY.
9924 12 years ago

foolish nyebro---you guys will never know peace for stupidity and tribalism,son of a bitch.

foolish nyebro---you guys will never know peace for stupidity and tribalism,son of a bitch.
Pelicles 12 years ago

When this Woyome saga came to the public domain, Volta Region chiefs, went to the Castle to defend him as their "son" so, he should be left alone.

I think he is using the money to develop the entire VR. Imagine some Asha ...
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When this Woyome saga came to the public domain, Volta Region chiefs, went to the Castle to defend him as their "son" so, he should be left alone.

I think he is using the money to develop the entire VR. Imagine some Ashanti chiefs going the same way the VR chiefs did, trust me hell will have broken loose and Ghana will set herself ablaze.

With that kind of mindset, Ghana will never go nowhere because "tribalism" is too "raw" and its effect is destroying the nation.
Kwaku 12 years ago

I support the NDC but who ever politician is involved be he or she NDC or NPP should be brought to justice.

I support the NDC but who ever politician is involved be he or she NDC or NPP should be brought to justice.
JK 12 years ago

The WOYOME case alone demands COUP D'ETAT.WHERE ARE THE SOLDIERS?

The WOYOME case alone demands COUP D'ETAT.WHERE ARE THE SOLDIERS?
Pelicles 12 years ago

With the current situation, I think some military intervention will help. Our so-called "civilian administrators" are nothing but "raw shit idiots" who should be rounded up and jailed without trial.

With the current situation, I think some military intervention will help. Our so-called "civilian administrators" are nothing but "raw shit idiots" who should be rounded up and jailed without trial.
Nana Kofi 12 years ago

Could someone be trailed twice for a crime in Ghana? Can a case be resurrected in a court [be it a lower court or the Supreme Court] after the expiry of the period of appeal?

Are these questions not more relevant than whe ...
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Could someone be trailed twice for a crime in Ghana? Can a case be resurrected in a court [be it a lower court or the Supreme Court] after the expiry of the period of appeal?

Are these questions not more relevant than whether Woyome is at fault? Are we saying that Woyome awarded himself that sum of money or a Judge ruled that he should be paid that sum of money for the loss he is supposed to have suffered after he has gone through the due process of a trial in Court?

By ordering Woyome to file a response to Amidu's claim does the Supreme Court endorse the rule that one can be tried twice, or many times, for the same crime? Is the Supreme Court going to hear the case all over again after the trial judge has concluded his/her trial and given his judgement? On what legal grounds is the Supreme Court hearing this Amidu suit? This issue about private suit does not wash, the case has been dealt with by a competent court and all the processes of the law has been exhausted, the right legal conclusion is for the Supreme Court to affirm this truism and throw the case out, but once it has ordered a response by the defendant it endorses trial on numerous occasions which is in complete contrast to the rule of justice.

Lets get real hear. The problem is not Woyome, and I am sure anyone who has gone through our judicial system, will agree that the PROBLEM IS ROTTEN INSTITUTIONS CALLED OUR COURTS. You have to experience it to understand the rot we have placed our faith in.

A judge ruled that Woyome should be paid that amount. Why is the questioned not being asked: What was the loss suffered by Woyome? Is the judge right to award such an amount considering what Woyome was supposed to have lost?

Why is Amidu assuming that the prosecution could have mounted a more vigorous defense? Is he presuming that any thing could have been done at the time to sway the decision of the judge? Is hindsight not a good thing?

What should concern us as citizens, if not blinded by partisan politics, is the state of our judiciary? Bending rules for political purposes only accentuates the decay. I pray that the Supreme Court will stick to the rules of accepted jurisprudence, that is, if it is capable of doing the right thing.
THE SEARCHLIGHT 12 years ago

You present a good and logical argument.I agree with most of what you have written.
However I would rather we wait for the same court which decided on given Woyome ghc51m to decide on whether Martin can file a private case a ...
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You present a good and logical argument.I agree with most of what you have written.
However I would rather we wait for the same court which decided on given Woyome ghc51m to decide on whether Martin can file a private case against woyome.
Ghana man 12 years ago

This man will not shut up but goes on bragging on radio. i fear for him, there is no way he will escape justice after he said on peace fm that he does not have any contract with govt. i pity him

This man will not shut up but goes on bragging on radio. i fear for him, there is no way he will escape justice after he said on peace fm that he does not have any contract with govt. i pity him
Condolence 12 years ago

Sometimes, when I listen to comments, suggestions and pronouncements of some of us Ghanaians, I wonder whether we exercise the least bit of circumspection in our daily lives.

Come to think of it: A case is before a court o ...
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Sometimes, when I listen to comments, suggestions and pronouncements of some of us Ghanaians, I wonder whether we exercise the least bit of circumspection in our daily lives.

Come to think of it: A case is before a court of law of competent jurisdiction, why should we be judging ahead of the verdict of the court? Assuming Woyome is finally found guilty and the money retrieved, what quantum of that money will actually go into developmental projects? Is it now news to Ghanaians that our politicians are always manipulating the system in their own favour? Were we all not in this country when MPs were given GHC50,000 as rent allowance? What did you and I do?

Sometimes I'm bewildered at some of these dispesable vexations.

kobby 12 years ago

We in outside Ghana know the good works you are doing and l can tell you for a fact that, any future political move that you wana make, we will bring to you some help, some of us will visit soon and will like to see you. God ...
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We in outside Ghana know the good works you are doing and l can tell you for a fact that, any future political move that you wana make, we will bring to you some help, some of us will visit soon and will like to see you. God almighty bless your life with long life and good health okay, Amen.
K Beng 12 years ago

Woyome + Mahama + Oduro =NDC corruption

Woyome + Mahama + Oduro =NDC corruption

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