General News of Monday, 15 October 2018Source: Starrfmonline.comState identifies $7.5m Woyome properties to defray GHC51m debtAfred Agbesi WoyomeThe State has identified five substantial properties supposedly owned by Mr Afred Agbesi Woyome estimated at $1.5million each that could prove vital in retrieving the GH¢51.2 million judgement debt he received from the state. The court was expecting a witness of UT Bank to mount the witness box and give evidence but the witness was not in court. The court presided over Justice A Benin, however, ordered lawyers of defunct UT Bank to make available their witness next Monday, October 22. Subsequently, the Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the money, after a former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, single-handedly challenged the legality of the payments. Following delays in retrieving the money, Supreme Court judges unanimously granted the Attorney-General clearance to execute the court’s judgement, ordering Mr. Woyome to refund the cash to the State.

Source: GhanaWeb October 15, 2018 13:07 UTC