{"id":227716,"date":"2016-07-03T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=227716"},"modified":"2016-07-03T19:40:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:40:57","slug":"bni-picks-up-2-montie-fm-panelists-for-threatening-to-kill-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=227716","title":{"rendered":"BNI picks up 2 Montie FM panelists for threatening to kill judges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Citifmonline.com\u2019s<\/strong> sources in the national security set up say the two panelists who threatened to assassinate justices of the Supreme Court, have been picked up by the Bureau of National Investigations, (BNI).<\/p>\n

The two made the statement on Friday during a discussion on Accra-based radio station, Montie FM.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”XsIVkrigguJSXjDoYZuZRse41xoxDfD2″]Alistair Nelson, along with another panelist, Godwin Ako Gunn, allegedly threatened to \u201cfinish\u201d\u00a0the Supreme Court and High Court judges if they made any judgment against the Electoral Commission in the ongoing court case challenging the validity or otherwise of the voters\u2019 register.<\/p>\n

One of the panelists on the programme is reported to have said:\u00a0\u201cI know where the judges live in Accra, I can show you. I know their quarters, the Supreme Court judges. I also know the High Court judges. Yes, I\u2019m telling you, God has a way to show\u2026If they like, they should bring it on. It will start in their residences, I\u2019m telling you, in their neighborhood. When we finish them, then it will be over. Then we will come and rule our nation because they don\u2019t wish the nation well. So they have to go. We will see them off to return to where they came from. So that those of us who wish the nation well will take control of the nation and rule it. So they should sit there, and feel that they are Supreme Court judges so\u2026Look, the EC is insulated, article 45. Go and check. You cannot do what you are doing there. You Supreme Court judges sitting there, what do you do for Ghana? Look at your judges accepting bribes, goats and GH\u00a2100 and others. Are you not ashamed. Senior judges on the bench, by this time all of you should have resigned because of what your juniors were doing. Are you not ashamed?\u201d<\/p>\n

Montie FM panelist\u00a0apologizes\u00a0after threatening to kill judges\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Nelson later apologized <\/a><\/strong><\/span>via a statement saying:\u00a0\u201cI participated in a program on Montie FM. During my contribution, I made statements that in context, content (though conditional) and timing, are regrettable.\u00a0Notwithstanding the many distortion that have accompanied the numerous public comments, I wish to apologize unreservedly to the listening public, including those who have called to caution and advise, and all members of the bench who have been offended by my contribution on the programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI also wish to apologise to the management of Montie FM for the unfortunate development. Thank you,\u201d Mr. Nelson added in a statement.<\/p>\n

GBA calls for arrest of the two panelists <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) had called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), to as a matter of urgency,\u00a0arrest the two<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for threatening the lives of judges in the country.<\/p>\n

It also called on the Attorney General to ensure that these gentlemen are prosecuted with all the force that she can muster and do her utmost to secure convictions for them. GBA argued that \u201cthose words were also meant to incite<\/p>\n

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By: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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