On January 16, Mr Martin Amidu, Former Attorney General filed an affidavit to amend an earlier writ praying the court to set aside a consent judgment awarded to Mr Woyome, which he alleged was procured through fraud. She also argued that the AG's attempt to put aside the court's decision was to re-open the whole matter afresh when the two parties had already agreed and signed documents to pay the money to Mr Woyome. Mrs Acquaye-Nortey argued that since the two parties agreed or consented for the payment to be made to Mr Woyome for his services in the contract, the AG alone could not ask the court to set aside the judgment. She said even though defence had not challenged the issue of fraud raised by the AG in the pleadings Mr Woyome obtained the consent judgment as a result of an agreement between the government and his lawyers for the services that he rendered. Mrs Dora Acquaye-Nortey, Counsel for Mr Woyome in their affidavit in opposition to the motion said the consent judgment which was awarded to her client was obtained after a default judgment by the court and that could not be set aside at the request of the AG.
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#Consent judgment trial#
Mrs Barbara Ackah-Ayensu, the trial judge asked the Defence Counsel to address the court on the constitutional issues raised by the AG since they did not address the matter in their pleadings. Mr Adadevoh said because the defendant had alleged that he was involved in financial engineering for the project, it was presupposed that the whole issue should have been subjected to the constitution of Ghana. He said since the contract between Waterville and the Government of Ghana for which Mr Woyome was the financial engineer was an international transaction, parliamentary approval should have been sought for the contract to be effective. Mr Adadevoh in his pleadings asked the court to set aside the consent judgment because Mr Woyome lacked the legal capacity to maintain his claim against the AG because there was no contract between Mr Woyome and the Government of Ghana upon which he could have maintained any cause of action in the suit. The court is hearing the amended writ filed by the Attorney General (AG). Accra, Feb.22 GNA- Mr Cecil Adadevoh, a senior State Attorney on Wednesday prayed the Accra Commercial Court to set aside the GH¢ 51 million consent judgment awarded to Mr Alfred Woyome, a businessman because it was procured through fraud.