Ghanaian business tycoon, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has denied any involvement in corrupt activity that includes disbarred Chief of State Attorney, Esq. Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh, as stated by the General Legal Council (GLC).
He stated that the General Legal Council (GLC) has no valid ground to expel the Former Chief of State Attorney. He emphasized that Mr. Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh had been a loyal servant to the nation and had served the country under various governments faithfully.
“I have been law abiding in this country. I have never given a bribe or taken a bribe. I have never been in a government position and neither have I benefitted from any government money whatsoever in any government-appointed position”.
Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome
He revealed that he has no current business dealings with any government. The only involvement he has had with the government was during a brief stay in the government of the late former President, Prof. John Evans Fiifi Atta-Mills. During this time, he served as a Board Chairman and subsequently a Committee Member on the Nominations Committee.
Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome also revealed that he had never received any gift in whatsoever form from any individual or the government during his brief service in government. “Even coupons, fuel coupons I have never accepted it” he stated.
The businessman stated that Mr. Samuel Tetteh has served the nation tremendously and that the decision of the General Legal Council to disbar him is unjust. The businessman further stated that Mr. Tetteh’s service as the Former Chief State Attorney has saved the country a lot of money and therefore, it is unfair to accuse him of stealing from the state he served so well.
The businessman reading the account on which the Chief State Attorney was disbarred to the public argued that the General Legal Council had targeted an innocent man.
Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh And Wife Arrested
Mr. Woyome further disclosed that Esq. Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh and his wife, Gifty Nerquaye Tetteh, had both been arrested twelve years ago regarding a legal case he (Mr. Woyome) had with the state that was being prosecuted illegally.
He revealed that the General Legal Council cited the same reason for their (Mr. and Mrs. Nerquaye Tetteh’s) accusation.
“That he a lawyer and a Chief State Attorney having acted as counsel for the state in the case entitled, Alfred Agbesi Woyome vs. Attorney General and others have an amount of GH₵ 400,000 transferred directly from the account of Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome into the bank account of his wife, Mrs. Gifty Nerquaye Tetteh on the 16th of June 2011, without any reasonable explanation”.
General Legal Council
Mr. Woyome revealed that the GLC claimed that the arrest was issued to prevent Mr. Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh and his wife from supposedly leaving the country in the course of his (Mr. Woyome’s) trial.
The General Legal Council however stated that Mr. Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh’s conduct adversely affects the dignity of the legal profession, providing a substantial reason for the GLC to disbar the Former Chief State Attorney.
The Ghanaian Businessman made these remarks in response to accusations of corruption made against him and Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh. The accusations were related to a legal case from twelve years ago. Alfred Agbesi Woyome stated that his prosecution at the time was illegal, as the charges against him were baseless. He maintains this position to this day.
Conclusively, the General Legal Council stated that Mr. Samuel Tetteh’s failure to provide a reasonable explanation for the money that had been transferred to his wife, Mrs. Gifty Nerquaye Tetteh’s account, was an indictment of himself. The GLC then ruled that “Mr. Samuel Nerquaye Tetteh cannot hold himself as a lawyer or attend chambers or render or purport to render any professional legal services to the public”.
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