JAIL ALFRED WOYOME- Andrew Gyan

The president of the Institute of Professional Studies branch of the Tertiary Education Students Confederacy (TESCON IPS) Andrew Kofi Gyan has called for the immediate prosecution and imprisonment of Alfred Agbesi Woyome to save the image of Ghana on the international scene from corruption.

Speaking to the New Crusading Guide in an exclusive interview, Mr Gyan said the arrest of Alfred Woyome, the so called financial engineer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was not enough to end the impasse surrounding the controversial judgment debt that was illegally and discreetly paid to him.“I am urging the judiciary to ensure that this Woyome man is made to mention the names of people he shared the money with and how they used the money. Besides he should, he should be forced to cough up the money or go to jail for the rest of his life” he stated

Mr Gyan also called for the arrest of Betty Mould Iddrisu, former minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ebo Barton Oduro, Deputy minister of Justice and the Finance Minister, Kwabena Duffuor ,for aiding Woyome to steal this “gargantuan” money from the coffers of the country.

He also noted that allegations that Alfred Agbesi Woyome had an account at Unibank, (a bank owned by Kwabena Duffuor the finance minister) where the money was transferred from the bank of Ghana for safe keeping should be thoroughly investigated.

The Police arrested Alfred Woyome last Friday, minutes after resigning his board chairmanship post at the National Board for Small Scale Industries NBSSI to allow investigations into the matter.

An interim report presented to President John Evans Atta Mills last Wednesday by the EOCO concluded that Mr Woyome was not entitled to the GH¢5,283,480.59 paid to him by the government for the abrogation of contracts in respect of the construction of stadia for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2008 (CAN 2008).

It indicted Mr Woyome for “manipulating documents and information, and riding on the negligence and/or complicity of public officials” to receive money which he was clearly not entitled to.

The report, dated February 1,2012 and signed by the Executive Director of EOCO, Mr Biadela Mortey Akpadzi, said Mr Woyome, through his manipulations, received GH¢17,094,493.53 in February 2010, GH¢10,000,000 on January 27, 2011, GH¢10,000,000 on April 8,2011 and GH¢14,188,987.06 on September 12, 2011.