Private legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah says the ruling by the Supreme Court against Alfred Agbesi Woyome is irreversible.
He explained that since Mr. Woyome’s contract was based on another which had been nullified, there was no need to revisit the case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Mr Woyome to refund the GHC 51 million paid him as judgment debt by the state.
This was after the court granted all the reliefs sought by former Attorney General (AG) and Minister for Justice, Martin Amidu who sued Alfred Woyome in his personal capacity.
In 2013, the Supreme Court ordered international construction firm, Waterville Holdings Limited to refund an amount of 25 million euros paid it by the government because it had no valid and constitutional contractual agreement with the government.
A unanimous court ruling declared that the contract between the company and the government for the construction of stadia for the CAN 2008 was unconstitutional.
According to the judgment, the contract had contravened Article 181 (5) of the 1992 Constitution which required such contracts to go to Parliament for approval.
In an original suit, the former AG asked the court to order Woyome to refund the money he had received as a result of the void contract the government had entered into with Waterville Holdings.
But the court declined jurisdiction over the issue stating that the case was being pursued at the Commercial Court to retrieve the money.
But the Supreme Court reviewed its initial ruling on the case stating that “exceptional circumstances that have resulted in what we perceive may constitute miscarriage of justice.”
The office of Mr. Woyome has given indication they will seek redress to the court ruling.
However, Ace Ankomah on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday revealed that it is “rare for the Supreme Court to review its own judgement.”
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By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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