Embattled businessman and financier of incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) Alfred Agbesi Woyome has said he have no qualms against the former president Jerry John Rawlings for name calling over the judgement debt scandal.
According to him, Mr Rawlings had been well informed about the fact of the case he would not have called him [Woyome] a thief.
It is reported that former President Rawlings in March 2015, described Woyome as a thief irrespective of a High Court ruling that said the businessman was not guilty in any criminal conduct when he pocketed GHC51.2m as a judgement debt payment.
"I just read that the thief called Woyome had been freed. Why? Because his accomplices [Betty Mould and one other person] who were in government were not produced in court for vital evidence to incriminate him.†Rawlings thundered.
But in an interview with Joy News, Mr. Woyome criticised the media for momentously misinforming the general public since the scandal unfolded in 2011.
Mr. Woyome condemned journalist for insisting that the payment was illegal. He also said the media for half a decade have mounted a backbiting "concert" against him every day.
In refuting claims of illegalities concerning the payment of the GHC51.2m as a judgement debt, he affirmed that the court said it was unconstitutional but not illegal because he gained judgement for the payment through a court of competent jurisdiction which was the High Court.
However, the Supreme Court of Ghana also ruled that per the constitution of Ghana, Woyome agreement with the state was not approved by parliament, and therefore the subsequent payment for his services could not be grounded in law.
Mr Alfred Woyome in debunking the Supreme decision which ordered him to refund the money said the Apex court was misinformed hence their decision.
According to Woyome, the GHC51.2m as a judgement debt was lawfully due him and have the right to “blow†the money as he deems fit.â€
In a latest the development, the state had commenced a process to question him in court about his assets in a bid to help retrieve the money.
Former Attorney-General Martin Amidu who won the case against Woyome in 2014 to pay back the money has been given the green light by the Supreme Court to cross-examine Mr Woyome on November 24 2016.
Mr. Alfred Woyome reiterated in the interview with Joy News that though he disagreed with the ruling by the Supreme Court in 2014, he is ready to pay the GHC51.2m he pocketed as judgement debt and added that "My word is my bond".He cautioned that after refunding the money, the state will pay him double of what it took.
He cautioned that after refunding the money, the state will pay him double of what it took.