{"id":309996,"date":"2017-04-12T06:05:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T06:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=309996"},"modified":"2017-04-12T06:05:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T06:05:10","slug":"ag-must-appeal-delta-force-escapees-fine-oti-bless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=309996","title":{"rendered":"AG must appeal Delta Force escapees’ fine – Oti Bless"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Democratic Congress (NDC)\u00a0Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North, John Oti Bless, wants the Attorney General to appeal the decision to fine the 13 Delta Force members who escaped from the court\u00a0during a trial.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Richard Sky, the MP said the fine was not only lenient, but also smacked of partisan considerations.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”oHKUsohmAbphuJ8AHKA9EYO0TjJcNGdt”]\u201cI\u2019m tempted to believe there is one law for one side of the political divide and another for other political parties in the country,\u201d Mr. Oti Bless opined.<\/p>\n

The 13 Delta Force members were fined GHc2,400 each or in default spend three years in prison, and are to sign a bond of good behaviour, and abide by the terms of the bond for a period of six months, or in default\u00a0serve\u00a0two years jail term.<\/p>\n

But Mr. Oti Bless weighed the Delta Force case against the controversy\u00a0surrounding the Montie trio case in 2016 when a recording emerged of him\u00a0verbally attacking the Supreme Court on Montie FM’s \u2018Pampaso\u2019 programme, that saw the host of the show and two\u00a0panelists\u00a0imprisoned for contempt<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

He accused<\/a><\/strong><\/span> the Chief Justice of conniving with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in an attempt to reverse the election results in 2008 and in 2012 among other allegations.<\/p>\n

The MP recounted that \u201cwe were in this country when I went on Montie FM to make some statements; my views as to what was happening in our judicial system and what didn\u2019t you hear in this country? I was mashed like kenkey for one full month. I was bashed a whole lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Montie,<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the Montie Three, these were just verbal statements on radio. They were remanded for months and asked to pay GHc 10,000 each. Comparing that to what happened in Kumasi, which one is grievous? Which one has effects on the rule of law… Looking at the gravity of the two offences, even a three-day-old baby would disagree with this kind of ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Oti Bless spoke on the issue with a tone of urgency and asserted that \u201cthe future of our country is in danger\u201d because of the perceived lax handling of the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has serious implications. It is going have a serious effect on this country as far young people are concerned. What are we telling the young people? It means that we are now encouraging other people to take the law into their hands,\u201d the MP stated.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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