Citizen vigilante, Martin Amidu has urged Ghanaians to vote out the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the only way to retrieve monies paid fraudulently to business man Alfred Agbesi Woyome and construction firm Waterville.
"Fellow citizens, help me in the name of the Constitution to retrieve your money that was looted by voting for a new President. Let us protect our Constitutional rights and not be hoodwinked by electioneering ploys. Let us get our GHC51, 283, 483. 59 back," the statement read.
Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a financier of the governing party has been ordered to refund a whooping 51.2 million cedis paid to him in 2010.
Martin Amidu wondered why Woyome will pay 4 million cedis as part payment of the 51.2million cedis he looted to EOCO, an institution which is not party to the case, when he could so easily have paid the amount to the Finance Ministry or to the Supreme Court.
The former Attorney General has said government has shown no interest whatsoever in recovering the monies to the state but has invested time and resources in deceiving Ghanaians that it is committed to doing same.
Read below full statement by Martin Amidu:
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO RECOVER THE WOYOME/AUSTRO-INVEST LOOT: IT IS ALL JUST ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGN – BY MARTIN A. B. K. AMIDU
Does the Ghana Government believe us to be so easily fooled that they concoct Woyome part payments of the judgment debt as smoke and mirrors for their election campaign? The people of Ghana should demand to know from Government how its Attorney General can - in enforcing the order of the Supreme Court for Woyome to refund the unconstitutional payments made to Woyome to the Republic of Ghana - accept a cheque of GHC4,000,000.00 drawn by Woyome dated 4th November 2016 in favour of the Economic and Organized Crime Office as part payment of the monies ordered by the Court to be refunded.
The Attorney General accepted the Economic and Organized Crime Office cheque from Woyome and gave a receipt acknowledging the payment “as part payment for the Judgment Debt of GHC51, 283,483.59.” The Access Bank (GH) East Cant cheque number 890081 and the Attorney General’s receipt which were exhibited to the Attorney General’s affidavit sworn by the Attorney General herself on 9th November 2016 as Exhibits “AG 7” and “AG7A” are attached herewith in PDF for the public to judge how any Attorney General, worth the name, can accept a cheque drawn on the Economic and Organized Crime Office which was not party to the action as part payment of the refund ordered by the Court on 29th July 2014 for the Republic.
I say with all the strength at my disposal that a cheque drawn by Woyome in favour of the Economic and Organized Crime Office, which was not a party to the action or the judgment creditor, cannot be a cheque in part payment of the unconstitutional monies ordered by the Court to be refunded to the Republic. The acceptance of the Economic and Organized Crime Office cheque by the Attorney General and the deception of the public by the Attorney General that it is part payment for the refund ordered by the Court brings into question the competence of the Attorney General and the Government in pursuit of the interest of the Republic. The whole scheme appears to have been cooked to defeat my application for leave to examine Woyome orally on oath. In the hurry of the Government and Woyome to defeat my application they could not even cover their tracks with a cheque drawn on the Ministry of Finance or the Accountant-General as custodian of the consolidated fund. The cheque could also have been drawn on the Registrar of the Supreme Court and paid into court for the Republic.
The foregoing is evidence, if evidence be needed, that the Attorney General and the Government are determined to kill the non-refund of the judgment debt as an election issue by cooking up the deceptive cheque and receipt to allow the status quo to continue. They are purposefully deceiving the electorate that efforts are being made to retrieve the unconstitutional loot by Woyome jointly with Austro-Invest, the client of Lithur-Brew and Co, a law firm in which the Attorney General was a partner. The law firm is also the President’s personal lawyer.
I am a senior and foundation member of the NDC, the Governing party. But I am compelled to put Ghana First and to defend the 1992 Constitution by saying that the only way Ghanaians can have the Woyome/Austro-Invest joint loot refunded is to change the Government that created, looted and shared the loot with them during the Presidential elections this year. A new Government will prosecute Woyome under Article 2(3) and (4) of the 1992 Constitution for High Crime should he delay any further in refunding the unconstitutional loot. The new Government will also enforce the Waterville judgment debt of over Euro 47million loot or prosecute it for High Crime.
This is the only way out for Ghanaians to stand up for their Constitutional rights and to retrieve the unconstitutional monies created, looted and shared by this Government with its political party supporters who are now unconstitutional judgment debtors to the Republic. As a loyal NDC member, I will support most of my political party’s parliamentary candidates who have shown honesty and integrity to the Constitution. But I cannot in good conscience and in defence of the Constitution support its Presidential candidate to continue leading the looting of the public purse.
Fellow patriotic citizens, I fought for two long years for justice for the Constitution and for all of us and the Supreme Court eventually vindicated the public’s interest by ordering the refund of the unconstitutional loot to the Republic of Ghana. Unfortunately, the Government as the leading looter has put obstacles in our way in enforcing the orders of the Court. Fellow citizens, help me in the name of the Constitution to retrieve your money that was looted by voting for a new President. Let us protect our Constitutional rights and not be hoodwinked by electioneering ploys. Let us get our GHC51, 283, 483. 59 back.
Defend the 1992 Constitution by voting for a new President on 7th December 2016 to get our money back. God bless Ghana and put Ghana First!
Martin A. B. K. Amidu
15th November 2016
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Source: Martin A. B. K. Amidu
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Good job Martin, we are solidly behind you
MAMAHA IS A ***barred word*** .HE IS PANICKING .HE IS AFRAID OF HIS SHADOWS FOR NANA ADDO WILL PROSECUTE THEM .ALL MAHAMA ***barred word*** ARE WALKING FREE UNDER HIS GOVERNMENT
How did you know? Do you manage his accounts for him or you are the one running EOCO?
whats wrong with this broke? such a funny guy, hes always chasing his own NDC people all because of the sack atta mills gave him. what a shock! martin relax.
Please martin the language we understand is court and not what you say. Please go to court and let the Judges clarify. You are a lawyer and should no better, let the court determine whether the cheque was cooked or real. Don't waste our time.
WOYOME AND THOSE WHO ISSUED A RECEIPT FOR WOYOME'S FALSE CHEQUE SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED IMMEDIATELY. IN GHANA, IT IS A CRIME TO ISSUE A DUD, FALSE CHEQUE AND RECEIPT. VOTE THIS ***barred word*** JOHN MAHAMA AND HIS NDC THUG.S THIEVE.S AND LIAR.S OUT IN 2016, TO SAVE GHANA FROM DOOM, GLOOM AND DESTRUCTION.
GREAT MAN! MARTIN GOD IS OUR HELPER. THE SPIRIT OF THE GOOD PEOPLE IN GHANA ARE WITH YOU. KEEP THE GOOD FIGHT. CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE THE CORRUPT PARTY AND PRESIDENT. CHANGE IS COMING!
THE LIKES OF MARTIN AMIDU CANNOT SURVIVE IN NPP. THEY WOULD HAVE ATTACKED HIM OUT. NDC HAS HER OWN CHECKS AND BALANCES AGAINST CORRUPTION. NO NPP MEMBER WOULD HAVE STOOD AGAINST A HIS/HER FELLOW MEMBER LIKE MARTIN IS DOING. KUDOS NDC!
The corrupt ENABLER and Mahamah and his appointees are nothing but incompetent CR1M1NAL "***barred word***". They're parading as politicians only to use the power invested in they to enrich themselves with impunity. Why are they protecting Woyome? What are they afraid for? What do they have to loose? Is the anything they're hiding or running away from?
ATTENTION, it a shame where mahama and his n,d,c party have taken ghana to, we are now been laughed all over the world, why because n,d,c have thrown stones into nana addos house what kind of ***barred word*** is this, the whole world have condemn this primitive , barbaric, savage act, shame to maham and his ndc cohorts.America and Britain say no Ghanian will go to America or Brittan if we make trouble in ghana, , mahama has lost the election in advance, he should resign or be sack by ghana people, all ghana people must vote 100% for nana addo if u want peace in ghana, from ghana people