Martin Kpebu, a Private legal practitioner, has revived the long-running Alfred Agbesi Woyome judgment debt case, questioning why the state is chasing Manhyia South MP, Baffour Awuah over financial claims while an outstanding debt owed by Woyome remains unresolved.
Kpebu on TV3’s The Key Points urged the Attorney-General to provide an update on efforts to recover the money from Woyome and also account for developments surrounding the Saglemi Housing Project.
According to Kpebu, efforts to recover public funds should be applied consistently, urging the Mahama government to pursue outstanding monies in other cases while investigating the allegations against the Manhyia South MP.
Speaking on TV3’s The Key Points, Kpebu stated, “Woyome still owes us money, so those going after Baffour, bring up the Woyome matter. How much does he owe? Please, Attorney General, and then the Saglemi matter. They said they will investigate; let’s see that. How much is owed?”.
“Let’s get an update, because as you go after the money here, go after the money there too. Saglemi and Woyome, let’s hear the updates on what’s happening,” he indicated.
It will be recalled that the Woyome case dates back to the payment of GH¢51.2 million to businessman Alfred Woyome as judgment debt.
Back in 2014, the Supreme Court ordered Woyome to refund the full amount to the state after ruling that the payment was unconstitutional the state subsequently initiated several recovery efforts.
In 2023, reports suggest that about GH¢18.52 million had been recovered, leaving an outstanding balance of approximately GH¢32.77 million.
Meanwhile, details of the charges levelled against Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah have surfaced online after he was granted bail of GH¢10 million with two sureties.
In a document cited alleged that in 2024, while acting as counsel for SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited, Baffour Awuah allegedly arranged to act together with the Managing Director of SIC Life Savings and Loans to “waste” an amount of GH¢9,850,000 belonging to the company.
The document read, “…While acting as professional lawyer for SIC LIFE SAVINGS & LOANS COMPANY LIMITED, agreed to act together with the Managing Director of the said SIC LIFE SAVINGS & LOANS COMPANY LIMITED, to intentionally dissipate the sum of Nine Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ghana cedis only (GH¢9,850,000)”.
Also, the charge sheet additionally noted that Baffour Awuah had the intention of causing financial loss to the state in 2024.
“…In the year 2024, and within the jurisdiction of this court, did, in the course of a business transaction with SIC LIFE SAVINGS & LOANS COMPANY LIMITED, intentionally cause the said SIC LIFE SAVINGS & LOANS COMPANY LIMITED to lose the sum of Nine Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ghana cedis only (GH¢9,850,000).”
The Manhyia South MP has also been charged with money laundering in connection with an alleged transaction; the charge sheet alleged that Baffour Awuah assisted in transferring a sum of GH¢1 million to the then Managing Director of SIC Life Savings and Loans.
The document further alleged that the MP, at the time of the transfer, knew that the money had been acquired through crime.
“…For the purpose of assisting to evade the legal consequences of a crime, transfer the sum of One Million Ghana cedis (GH¢1,000,000) to the person who was at the material time the Managing Director of SIC LIFE SAVINGS & LOANS COMPANY LIMITED, knowing at the time of such transfer that the money was acquired through crime,” it added.
Earlier, reports disclosed the Office of the Attorney-General has filed three criminal charges against Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah.
The AG charged the Manhyia South MP with alleged financial misconduct in his handling of a legal case involving SIC Life Savings & Loans Company Limited.
The charges against Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah were filed at the High Court’s Specialised Jurisdiction Division in Accra on October 3, 2026,
The charges include conspiracy to commit a crime, intentionally causing financial loss to a public body and money laundering.
According to the Office of the Attorney-General charge sheet, Mr Awuah, while acting as a lawyer for SIC Life, conspired with the company’s then Managing Director in 2024 to intentionally dissipate GH¢9.85 million belonging to the company.
Also, the second count alleges that he intentionally caused SIC Life to suffer a financial loss of GH¢9.85 million in the course of a business transaction.
Additionally, a third count alleges that Mr Awuah transferred GH¢1 million to the then Managing Director of SIC Life, knowing that the money had been acquired through crime and to assist the recipient to evade the legal consequences of an offence.
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