The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR) based in Tanzania, has dismissed a review application filed by Alfred Agbesi Woyome to halt the selling of his properties meant to offset the GH¢46 million he owes Ghana.
In a unanimous decision, the 10-member panel of the court dismissed the review application on the basis that he failed to provide any new convincing evidence which was the legal requirement for review under Rule 67 of the ACHPR Rules.
In dismissing the case the court held that Ghana treated him fairly and equally before the law during those legal proceedings, and, therefore, there had been no violation of his rights under the African Human Rights Charter.
On July 29, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ghana ordered Mr Woyome to refund GH¢51.2 million judgment debt paid to him by the then government back to the state. Since then he has refunded GH¢4 million and an additional GH¢600,000 promising to pay the outstanding balance by quarterly installments of GH¢5 million.
This however did not materialise as Mr. Woyome rather initiated a series of legal cases at the Supreme Court challenging the decision for him to pay the money all of which were dismissed.
On 4th March 2020, Mr. Woyome filed an application at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR) to review the case.
