The Supreme Court of Ghana earlier today sentenced two panellists, Godwin Ako Gunn and Alistair Nelson and the Montie Fm’s morning host Salifu ‘Mugabe’ Maase to 4 months in prison.
They are also to pay a fine of Ghc 10,000, or in lieu, spend another month in jail.
The owners of the station, which includes Edward Addo, Harry Zakuor, Ato Ahwoi and Kwesi Kyei Atuah were also been fined Ghc 30,000 each.
In spite of their offence of threatening to kill judges of the Supreme Court, which fetched them a contempt charge, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hanna Tetteh has said the judges were unnecessary harsh on the three.
In a post on Facebook, the Foreign Affairs Minister stated that though she does not agree with the actions of the panelists who threatened the judges, there has been “previous situations where our esteemed Judges had been attacked and had not responded in the same way.”