One of the partners of Lithur, Brew and Co, the law firm alleged by former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, to have benefitted from the controversial GH¢51 million judgement debt says the allegation is a fabrication.

Tony Lithur, a prominent lawyer who was counsel for President John Mahama in the 2012 election petition hearing, has also suggested to Mr Amidu to refer his allegation to the General Legal Counsel, if he [Amidu] has evidence to back it.

Mr Lithur told Joy News Wednesday evening, "I am ready to face him anywhere Mr. Amidu takes me”.

Mr. Amidu, had said in a statement Tuesday that although there is no evidence to back allegations that Attorney General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, and Tony Lithur were ever lawyers for Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the two lawyers worked for Austro-Invest, a firm that benefitted from the GH¢51 million judgement debt wrongfully paid to the businessman.

Mr. Woyome in a letter on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Attorney General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, over allegations that because her firm Lithur Brew & Co benefitted from the wrongfully paid judgement debt, she is not fit to see through an appeal against him, an allegation Mr. Amidu supported in his latest statement.

Mrs Appiah-Oppong was a partner in Lithur, Brew & Co before assuming the office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice.

Mr Lithur is convinced the claims by Mr Woyome, and Mr Amidu especially, are attempts to tarnish his reputation and that of the current Attorney General.

"If he [Mr Amidu] has any facts to support them, he should take them to the correct forum and he will receive an appropriate response. Damaging a fellow practitioner’s reputation so publicly based on conjecture is much more unethical and quite irresponsible”, news portal, Graphic Online quoted Mr Lithur as saying.

According the news portal, Mr Lithur offered the following explanation for Lithur, Brew & Co's engagement with Austro-Invest, a firm Mr Woyome once had a substantial stake in:

"The point should be made very clear that Lithur Brew & Company did not act for Austro-Invest in relation to the actual claim or steps taken to claim any compensation from Government. We were not aware Austro-Invest had given Woyome power of attorney to claim monies from government and were not part and did not advice Austro-Invest or Woyome on any of the processes leading to the payment of monies to Woyome.

"We were instructed by Austro-Invest only after monies had been paid to Woyome and he refused to pay Austro-Invest any part of it, on grounds that Austro-Invest did not play any particular role in the financial engineering based on which the claim and payment had been made.

"The power of attorney given to Mr Woyome by Austro-Invest to pursue the claim with the Attorney General, the various steps that were taken by Woyome pursuant to that power, the meetings with government etc were all done without knowledge or advise from Lithur Brew”.

An Accra High Court two weeks ago freed business man Alfred Agbesie Woyome, who had been charged with two counts of causing financial loss to the state and defrauding by false pretence after he was accused of illegally receiving a little over 51 million Ghana Cedis in 2010 for his role in the construction of stadia for the CAN 2008 tournament held in Ghana.