{"id":234572,"date":"2016-07-27T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=234572"},"modified":"2016-07-27T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T13:30:32","slug":"supreme-court-sentencing-of-montie-fm-team-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=234572","title":{"rendered":"Supreme court sentencing of Montie FM team [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday July 27, handed a <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/27\/montie-panelists-mugabe-jailed-4-months\/\">four-month prison sentence<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to the host of the \u2018Pampaso\u2019 political show on \u00a0Accra-based Montie FM, Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, and two panelists, Alistair Nelson, and Godwin Ako Gunn, for threatening to kill judges of the Supreme Court during a radio discussion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-234576\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/f4681e06-eeb3-42dd-8482-6d840597fb7d.jpg\" alt=\"f4681e06-eeb3-42dd-8482-6d840597fb7d\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The three were also fined GHc 10,000 each and failure to pay the amount, according to the Court, will attract another one-month prison term.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-234575\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/9c124442-8e87-4ef1-9f0b-110d6302a28e.jpg\" alt=\"9c124442-8e87-4ef1-9f0b-110d6302a28e\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The four directors of Network Broadcasting Limited, owners of Montie FM; Ato Ahwoi, Edward Addo, Kwesi Kyei Atuah, and Kwesi Bram Addo, are to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/27\/owners-of-montie-fm-fined\/\">pay a fine of Ghc30,000<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Harry Zakuor, owner of Zeze media, which owns Montie FM frequency, 100.1, is also to pay a separate fine of Ghc30,000.\u00a0They are also to pay by close of day tomorrow [Thursday], July 28.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234577\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234577 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a608db2b-9379-45e8-9bb6-3337c1f39b6e.jpg\" alt=\"a608db2b-9379-45e8-9bb6-3337c1f39b6e\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Zakour (C) at the Supreme Court premises<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They are also to provide measures they would put in place to prevent a repeat of such inflammatory comments on the radio station.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-234574\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/0fd595fd-4812-44d2-959f-ab9caa67fedd.jpg\" alt=\"0fd595fd-4812-44d2-959f-ab9caa67fedd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Presiding Judge, Sophia Akuffo, reading the sentences said the two panelists willfully attacked the Chief Justice and lowered the authority of the court by insisting that they will not accept its judgment on a controversial matter of the voter\u2019s register.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-234579\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/76f0d46f-ce53-451d-88ac-b8c58d526a94.jpg\" alt=\"76f0d46f-ce53-451d-88ac-b8c58d526a94\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She said they also callously reminded the court of the gruesome murder of the three High Court judges more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-234584\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/b6763394-2316-4305-a573-9d1a4ae1ec64.jpg\" alt=\"b6763394-2316-4305-a573-9d1a4ae1ec64\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday July 27, handed a four-month prison sentence to the host of the \u2018Pampaso\u2019 political show on \u00a0Accra-based Montie FM, Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, and two panelists, Alistair Nelson, and Godwin Ako Gunn, for threatening to kill judges of the Supreme Court during a radio discussion. 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