The Supreme Court on Tuesday cited owners of Montie fm, the two panelists and the host of the daily political show for contempt.
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This was after the two, Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn appeared on the radio station and allegedly tried to incite people against the Supreme Court judges for their judgment on the Voters’ register.
The judges subsequently issued a warrant for them to appear before them and answer to the charge of contempt.
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But ahead of the hearing of their case on July 12, the BNI on Thursday released a statement that it arrested and questioned the two panellists in connection with the threats.
“The arrest was premised on the fact that their comments were considered provocative, inflammatory, and unacceptable and had the potential of creating security challenges,” it said.
“In arresting the two, the BNI took into consideration the current volatile security situation in the country as we inch towards the 2016 elections. At the interrogation, the two suspects admitted making those statements and acknowledged that their remarks were regrettable and unfortunate. Further checks by the BNI have, however, established that the suspects were incapable of carrying out pronouncements but did so in a show of needless bravado,” the statement added.
However, Kweku Baako has condemned the statement, adding that "The statement is a disaster – a political statement. The BNI is not entitled to issue political statements.”
He argued that the BNI has dented its image with the statement.
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"They have embarrassed the institution. It is a mark of inexperience; the integrity of the BNI has been sacrificed," he told Multi TV’s news analysis programme Newsfile.
