Management of Accra-based station, Montie FM has apologised to the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court for allowing its airwaves to be used by two radio panelists to threaten the lives of justices of the court.
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Montie FM apologises to Chief Justice, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cited owners of Montie FM, the two panelists and the host of the daily political show for contempt.
Mrs Justice Georgina Wood
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"Management condemns absolutely the said statements which it considers regrettable and dissociates itself from those statements.
"Management wishes to assure all Ghanaians of its resolve not to condone any action that will in any way tend to undermine the administration of justice in our country, nor shall management condone any action that will tend to compromise the safety and security of members of the judiciary or the peace and stability of Ghana," the station said in a statement.
The station further noted that it has initiated the necessary disciplinary proceedings against the host and the producer of the programme, as well as banned the said panelists from appearing on any programme of the station until further notice.
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The judges subsequently issued a warrant for them to appear before them and answer to the charge of contempt.
This was after two political commentators; Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn appeared on the radio station and tried to incite people against the Supreme Court judges for their judgment on the voters’ register.
An audio recording of their comments have since gone viral on social media with the Media Foundation for West Africa condemning their conduct.
The host of the show Mugabe Maase is being accused of allowing the two men to go ahead with their comments uninterrupted.
One of the panelist has sinceapologised for the comments.Deputy Interior minister James Agalga has also indicated the preparedness of the security forces to beef up security for the judges.
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Below is the apology letter from Montie FM
The management of “Montie” FM wishes to render its sincerest apologies to Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, Justices of the Supreme Court and the Bench in general for the use of its platform by certain panellists recently to make statements that appear to threaten the safety of the Supreme Court Bench.
Management condemns absolutely the said statements which it considers regrettable and dissociates itself from those statements.
Management wishes to assure all Ghanaians of its resolve not to condone any action that will in any way tend to undermine the administration of justice in our country, nor shall management condone any action that will tend to compromise the safety and security of members of the judiciary or the peace and stability of Ghana.
Management will ensure that in future, panellists who appear on the programmes of the station are circumspect in their diction to avoid a repeat of the regretable occurrence.
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We will continue to operate as a law abiding corporate citizen of Ghana and will not condone any action that will tend to undermine the administration of justice in the country that we all love so much.
As a sign of our disapproval of the conduct of the panelists, Management decided to ban the said panelists from appearing on all our programmes until further notice.
Management has initiated the necessary disciplinary proceedings against the host and the producer of the programme.SignedMutala Mohammed( General Manager )
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