Businessman, Alfred Woyome, was given a break in court on Monday, July 24, so he could take some medication during his oral examination on how he intends to repay the GHc 51 million wrongfully paid to him as judgment debt.

During the oral examination conducted by a Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, Mr. Woyome’s lawyer, Ken Anku, asked for permission for his client to take his medication saying his client was not in good health.

Kasapa Fm’s court correspondent, Daakyehene Ofosu Agyeman reported that Mr. Woyome told the court that he has not been able to engage in any business since 2011.

‘ I have been a businessman since I returned to Ghana in 1999 but I have not engaged in any business since my arrest and prosecution in 2011’ he told the court.

Mr Woyome told the court also that he has spent all his time in court to the detriment of his businesses.

When asked about the AAW Management Consulting Services, which was incorporated in 2016, Mr. Woyome told the court that the company, despite being established in 2016, is still not in business.

Responding to questions during the oral examination, he further told the court he felt persecuted by the state through these actions given that he had a payment plan agreed with the AG.

A furious Woyome said ‘The state is trying to use this forum to generate criminality. I still take my refuge in this court. Being dragged to this extent, I rest my self in the constitution of this country. The state says I don’t want to pay which is not true. We have a payment plan, I paused because I have triggered a process and the state has been served’

The oral examination covers the possible debts Mr. Woyome owes, whether he has property to satisfy the debts, and the manner in which he used the judgment debt money paid him, among others.

Sole Supreme court Judge, Justice A A Bening adjourned the case to October 2 and 3, 2017.

This judgment debt saga traces back to 2008 where Mr. Woyome was paid GHc 51 million after claiming he helped Ghana raise funds to construct stadia for the hosting of the 2008 African Cup of Nations.

However, an Auditor General’s report released in 2010, held that the amount was paid illegally to him.

Subsequently, the Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the money, after a former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, challenged the legality of the payments.