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Military men storm Woyome's residence

By Justice Kofi Bimpeh
Alfred Woyome
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The residence of the embattled businessman Alfred Woyome has been raided by some military men who reportedly besieged his Trassaco residence over the ¢51.2 million wrongfully paid to him.

Lamenting the incident which happened on Tuesday, September 19, Alfred Woyome said it’s unclear the court order on which the military men were acting.

"If the executive is doing this alone [then] it is up to something but getting the judiciary involved raises a serious human rights issue under this regime."

The state has been pursuing Mr Woyome since 2014 to refund the ¢51.2 million he received through a judgment debt. 

Ghana's apex court ruled the NDC financier had no valid contract with the state to deserve judgment debt.

Mr Woyome was asked to pay back the debts but he has been hopping from one international court to the other for arbitration.

The last court he petitioned was the International Commerce Chamber Court (ICC) which threw out the businessman's arbitration case last month.

But his case at the African Court on Human and People's Rights is progressing steadily, lawyers for Mr Woyome have said.

In reaction, Alfred Woyome said he has since 2014 obeyed the orders of the court and the action by the military men infringes on his right.

"But if the Constitution still gives me rights to seek justice until alI those avenues have been exhausted, nobody can disrespect my human rights," he added.