Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the underfire ‘bankroller’ of the National
Democratic congress (NDC), has said he is absolutely disappointed at the
Mills-led government and the NDC as a party over the handling of what
has become known as the ‘Woyome scandal.’
His chief legal counsel, Rockson Nelson Defeamekpor made this
disclosure in an interview on Joy FM yesterday. “Yes, he is very very
disappointed but he is not leaving the NDC and that is the point….He is
disappointed because from some of the information available, some NDC
persons are trying to torpedo his efforts to fight this matter properly
before the law courts… I don’t know what their problem is. Perhaps,
personal vendetta, perhaps he might have stepped on a few toes in the
course of his work with the party,” Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor said.
Woyome’s lawyer, however, declined to mention the names of the ‘big
persons’ within the NDC and government seeking the downfall of the NDC
financier but strongly indicted the government for the “posture” it
adopted in handling the matter. “There too, he is also disappointed
because as I said before, at every stage of his (Woyome’s) attempt to
get his due from the State for works that he has done, there have been
various stages of negotiations and meetings and government agencies and
relevant parastatals were involved so it is surprising for him to hear
from government that “we are prosecuting you because you have
fraudulently obtained this judgement and therefore persons who are from
government’ and would want to state that ‘no, this matter came before us
and we played a role and the man did not conduct himself fraudulently’
would be gagged. That is the disappointment. “Government’s posturing,
let me borrow your word; as though he did this on the blind side of the
State.
I prefer to use the word the State. He did not take any of these steps
which culminated in him obtaining a judgement against the State on the
blind side of the State and that is why he thinks for the State to come
back and say ‘we are going to take xyz steps against you including
criminal prosecution’ and therefore all government personnel who may
want to put in a defence in one way or the other in the general public
discourse must refrain from that and that is the disappointment,” Mr.
Dafeamekpor explained.
Alfred Woyome is a ‘Financial Engineer,’ who is currently facing the
law courts over a disputed amount of GH51.2million which he took from
the State as a judgement debt though alleged fraudulent means.
source: ghanaweb
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