{"id":230215,"date":"2016-07-12T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=230215"},"modified":"2016-07-12T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:31:37","slug":"cj-gbadegbe-step-down-from-montie-fm-contempt-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/cj-gbadegbe-step-down-from-montie-fm-contempt-case\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ, Gbadegbe step down from Montie FM contempt case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chief Justice, \u00a0Georgina Theodora Wood, and another \u00a0judge of the Supreme Court, Sulley Gbadegbe, have stepped down from the panel\u00a0hearing the contempt case against owners of Accra-based Montie FM, the host of the station\u2019s \u2018Pampaso\u2019 programme, and the two panelists, who threatened to kill judges over their handling of the Abu Ramadan suit on the credibility of the voters\u2019 register.<\/p>\n

According to them, they did so because their names were\u00a0specifically\u00a0mentioned in the comments of the three people facing the contempt charges.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”HlJ8NaKWcr8ZqI05QNJB3cdQRuKPg057″]The two judges have been replaced by Justice Sophia Akuffo and Justice Julius Ansah.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court\u00a0had\u00a0cited the owners of the radio station and the panelists for contempt<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and asked them in a letter to explain why they should not be \u201ccommitted to prison for contempt of court, for scandalizing the court, defying and lowering the authority of the court, and bringing the authority of the court into disrepute.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two panelists in question, Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn, have been the faces of this controversy as they allegedly threatened to \u201cfinish\u201d the Supreme Court judges if they made any judgment against the Electoral Commission in the court case challenging the validity of the voters\u2019 register.<\/p>\n

\"Godwin
Godwin Ako Gunn [L] and Alistair Nelson [R]<\/figcaption><\/figure>The two have since been widely chastised over the comments.<\/p>\n

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By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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