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Panelists who threatened lives of judges dragged to court
Alistair Tairo Nelson, 41, and Godwin Ako Gunn, 39, were discussing an order by the Supreme Court to the Electoral Commission to produce the list of people who registered with National Health Insurance Scheme cards.
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The two, unhappy with the court's ruling, launched scathing attacks on the the judges, and made direct threats to lives of the justices, reminiscent of the day three judges were murdered on June 30, 1982.
One of the panelist said: "I know where the judges live in Accra, I can show you. I know their quarters, the Supreme Court judges. I also know the High Court judges. Yes, I’m telling you, God has a way to show… If they like, they should bring it on. It will start in their residences, I’m telling you, in their neighbourhoods. When we finish them, then it will be over. Then we will come and rule our nation because they don’t wish the nation well. So they have to go. We will see them off to return to where they came from. So that those of us who wish the nation well will take control of the nation and rule it. So they should sit there, and feel that they are Supreme Court judges so…Look, the EC is insulated, article 45. Go and check. You cannot do what you are doing there. You Supreme Court judges sitting there, what do you do for Ghana? Look at your judges accepting bribes, goats and GH¢100 and others. Are you not ashamed. Senior judges on the bench, by this time all of you should have resigned because of what your juniors were doing. Are you not ashamed?"
In the suit filed on Monday, Yeboah argued that “the two knew the contemptuous nature of their statements when they stated that the court can jail them and that they were ready to go to jail.”
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He prayed the court to “commit the two for contempt of court.”
The two radio panelists were on Sunday arrested by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for questioning but have since been released.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Interior Minister, James Agalga has assured judges that the state will provide security to Supreme and High Court judges in order not to compromise the security of justices.
He said "The security of our judges, and all those who work in the Judiciary, we place a lot of premium on their security. We will not allow anybody to resort to any conduct which will compromise the security of our Justices."
Speaking on Newsfile on Accra-based Joy FM on Saturday, he added "They [Judges] owe their position to the Constitution. The Constitution itself sets up the Judiciary and makes then independent to adjudicate over disputes that people will bring before them."
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