Deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Karbo, has called the bluff of businessman Alfred Woyome, to haul him and others before court for continually defaming his character over the Ghc51 judgement debt saga.
Mr. Woyome through his lawyers, has served notice he will take legal action against Anthony Karbo, Nana Akomea and Kwaku Baako over what he says are attempts by the three to incite Ghanaians against him.
He is also threatening to sue Peace FM, Daily Guide Newspaper and the Crusading Guide Newspaper for allowing their medium to be used to defame him in a matter that has been completely dealt with by the court.
But speaking to Citi News, Anthony Karbo said he will continue to speak about how Mr. Woyome was fraudulently paid the 51 million Ghana cedis in judgment debt in 2010 until the money is retrieved. “…we will continue to have this discussion and no amount of court threats from Mr. Woyome can silent any Ghanaian.
The discussion about Woyome is going on in drinking bars, it is going on in the workplaces, market square, everywhere and the Supreme Court of the land has asked that these monies should be paid back.
Unfortunately our government has developed cold feet in the fight to recover the money and so we will continue to talk about the money. “We all know that Woyome didn’t have a contract, we all know it was a fraudulent affair, we all know that the Supreme Court has asked that the money should be given back to the state and these issues that Woyome has raised will certainly not help anything, but will continue to escalate the discussion and the anger that Ghanaians have especially when tax payers money is involved.”
Background
Woyome walked out of the premises of the Court of Appeal a free man on March 10, 2016, after the court exonerated him from the charge of causing financial loss to the state in the controversial GHC51.2 million judgement debt paid to him by the state.
He escaped prison for the second time in a year after the court, in a unanimous decision, declined to grant the state’s request for his acquittal to be overturned by the High Court on March 12, 2015.
The High Court, presided over by Mr Justice John Ajet-Nasam, had acquitted and discharged Woyome on two counts of defrauding by false pretenses, contrary to Section 131 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act (1960), Act 29, and causing financial loss to the State, contrary to Section 179 A (3) (a) of the Criminal Offences Act (1960), Act 29. But the state appealed on the grounds that the trial judge erred in law by not considering the evidence adduced by the prosecution. However, the Court of Appeal held a different position and freed him again.
Gov’t deliberately protecting Woyome – NPP
The NPP after the Court of Appeal’s ruling accused the Mahama-led administration of deliberately refusing to retrieve the 51 million cedis judgment debt from Alfred Woyome.
According to the party, even though there is a Supreme Court ruling asking the state to retrieve the money, government has deliberately through its actions refused to abide by the ruling.
Director of Communications for the NPP, Nana Akomea, has argued that the recent Court of Appeal ruling on the Woyome matter, is a clear indication that government is not interested in retrieving the money.
“…Mr. Woyome being paid GHC51.8m of taxpayers’ monies in 2010, clearly showed a deliberate pattern of high ranking NDC government officials, aided by highly placed public servants to collude, connive and conspire with NDC connected individuals to misappropriate taxpayers monies
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