The Commercial Court in Accra Wednesday granted an application brought by the state seeking to amend a writ and statement of claim filed by the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Benjamin Kunbour in the Woyome case. The court subsequently awarded costs of GHS2,000 against the state and slated March 26 to start hearing the case. The state has brought charges of fraud against Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, contending that he fraudulently obtained a GHS51 million judgement debt award by making false representations. He has denied the charges. Former A-G, Betty Mould Iddrisu first filed the writ in 2010 seeking to reverse the court judgment awarding Mr Woyome the amount. Her successor, Mr Martin Amidu breathed life into the writ in January 2012, asserting that Mr Woyome had no grounds on which to bring the case that yielded the colossal amount. Following Mr Amidu's dismisal later that month and the subsequent appointment of Dr Kunbour as the A-G, the state applied once more to the court seeking to amend the writ and statement of claim. While granting the application Wednesday, the court awarded costs against the state for consistently delaying the case.