Court to rule on Woyome's application to halt oral examination July 4

The Supreme Court will on July 4 rule on an application by businessman Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, which is seeking to halt his oral examination by the state.

The court, presided over by a single judge, Mr Justice A.A Benin, fixed the date on Thursday after a series of submissions by Woyome’s lawyers and state lawyers, reports Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson.

Mr Woyome has filed a review of the decision of the court for the state to orally examined him with regard to his Ghc51.2million indebtedness to the state.

At the Supreme Court’s hearing on Thursday, Woyome's lawyer, Mr Ken Anku , prayed the court to temporary halt the oral examination pending the review.

He based his argument on Article 134(b) of the 1992 Constitution which allows a review of the decision of a single judge of the Supreme Court by three other justices of the court.

In his response, a Deputy Attorney, Mr Godfred Dame, argued that the application was unmeritorious because it had failed to meet all the essential criteria for a stay of execution or proceedings.

According to him, Woyome had failed to disclose whether he will suffer any hardship or irreplaceable damage if the oral examination proceeds.

Also, he said the application was a ploy by Woyome to delay the oral examination and also the execution of the Supreme Court judgement in 2014 for him to pay the Ghc51.2 million judgement debt back to the state.

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