Clifford André refutes payment claims |03 March 2018

Notary Clifford André has refuted allegations brought against him in a Supreme Court decision whereby he was ordered to deposit R300,000 in an account held under the Government of Seychelles.

All parties with an interest to the case may make a claim on the sum but it will be forfeited to the Government of Seychelles unless claimed for a period of one year from the date of judgment.

While exercising his right of reply, Mr André denied taking the money and therefore should not be paying the sum of R300,000.

“The R300,000 was negotiated between the middleman, the buyer and the seller, there was nothing to do with me. So the sum is not supposed to be paid by me but even when I stated that in court Chief Justice Mathila Twomey did not take it into consideration,” he said.

He said this does mean there were no errors made in this particular case but he could have been held partly responsible rather than being blamed for the whole mishap.

“I will definitely appeal and I hope to have a fair hearing and judgement by the Court of Appeal,” he said.

He said the judgement was unfair as he feels CJ Twomey has a personal and political motive to eliminate him as he has filed various complaints with the Constitutional Appointments Authority (CAA) against her.