Woyome accuses Supreme Court of violating human rights

Embattled Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has accused Ghana's Supreme Court of violating his human rights as he opens his case against the State at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Arusha Tanzania. 

His lawyer, Osafo Buabeng told the Court that Mr. Woyome's rights under the African Charter have been violated by the decision of the Supreme Court delivered on the 29, July 2014. 

Mr Buabeng said following an earlier opinion and decision from the review bench, the Court cannot be said to be impartial. 

He raided issues particularly with Justice Jones Dotse for going beyond the constitutional interpretation and decided that the applicant had no contract with the government and therefore he had no case and had formed an alliance to create, loot and share. 

Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame who represented Ghana at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, said Mr. Woyome’s application lacks merit. 

He told the Court that there are remedies for the resolution of human rights grievances as contained in the 1992 constitution, but the applicant failed to make use of any of them. 

Mr Dame said if any of Mr Woyome’s human rights were violated by the Supreme Court during its review hearing, local remedies for redress of such grievances should have been evoked through a complaint. 

According to Mr. Dame, if the applicant on his own did not make any attempt for whatsoever reasons, then the application ought to be refused.

GBCONLINE
---DECRYPTED---