Management of Accra-based Montie FM, has banned the two panelists who threatened to eliminate judges of the Supreme Court, until further notice, barely a day after the Supreme cited the owners of the station, the host, and the two panelists for contempt.
The radio station, in a statement signed by its General Manager, Mutala Mohammed, also apologized to the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court over the seemingly incendiary comments.
[contextly_sidebar id=”zEdFHdgGaieJ2Tk9USHFHMLUztlObHLb”]“The management of “Montie” FM wishes to render its sincerest apologies to Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, Justices of the Supreme Court and the Bench in general for the use of its platform by certain panelists recently to make statements that appear to threaten the safety of the Supreme Court Bench.”
“Management condemns absolutely the said statements which it considers regrettable and dissociates itself from those statements,” the statement said.
We won’t condone any action that undermines justice
The management of Montie FM further assured Ghanaians of its resolve not to “condone any action that will in any way tend to undermine the administration of justice in our country, nor shall management condone any action that will tend to compromise the safety and security of members of the judiciary or the peace and stability of Ghana.”
What the two panelists said
The two panelists, Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn during a current affairs programme on the radio station, threatened to “finish” the Supreme Court and High Court judges if they made any judgment against the Electoral Commission in the ongoing court case challenging the validity of the voters’ register .
The two commentators are said to have been angered by the court’s orders for the EC to submit all the names of person who registered with NHIS cards prior to the 2012 elections last week.
GBA condemns Montie FM panelists
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA), earlier called for the arrest and prosecution of the two, saying the comments “were also meant to incite hatred among the public against the judges” while the GJA in the statement called on media owners as well as the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), to prevent intemperate language on the airwaves especially ahead of the 2016 general elections.
Alistair Nelson, one of the panelists, has since apologized for his comment, whereas the other, Godwin Ako Gunn, has denied being part of the radio programme during which the comments were made.
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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