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It has officially been announced by the NDC government that President has given the “Montie trio” three months remission for a reason I am yet to find out. Would President Mahama clarify his reason for granting remission to the three uncivilized, insolent and would-be Montie 3 murderers? Was it for the three NDC diehard criminals … Read more
It has officially been announced by the NDC government that President has given the “Montie trio” three months remission for a reason I am yet to find out. Would President Mahama clarify his reason for granting remission to the three uncivilized, insolent and would-be Montie 3 murderers? Was it for the three NDC diehard criminals … Read more
The Acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), John Boadu says the alleged pressure mounted from the governing NDC side which saw President Mahama invoking his Prerogative of Mercy under Article 72 of the 1992 constitution to free the Montie 3 were orchestrated. The General Scribe of the NPP said Mahama only connived with … Read more
Family Members and friends of incarcerated Former Medical Director of Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Sekondi Dr. Ali Gabass, are appealing to President John Dramani Mahama to show compassion and pardon him. An Accra circuit court sentenced the senior medical officer, to 25 years imprisonment for engaging sexual intercourse with a sixteen year old senior high … Read more
One of the lawyers for the three Montie FM trio who are serving a four-month prison sentence for threatening the lives of judges, Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has lauded President John Mahama for pardoning his clients saying they deserved it. “…Like any Ghanaian, we are entitled to this prerogative of mercy and the President had to … Read more
The Gender and Social Protection minister, Nana Oye Lithur, has taken a swipe at critics alleging she has shunned being a human rights activist after becoming a sector minister. Nana Oye Lithur recently came under attack for signing a petition to free the three jailed Montie FM contemnors, an act that made a women’s group, … Read more
Residents of Gbullung and its environs in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region have called on President John Dramani Mahama to, as a matter of urgency, construct the three major roads linking Gbullung to Kumbungu, Tolon and Nyankpala. Over 1,500 residents, comprising the youth, nursing mothers, covered over eight kilometers from Gbullung through some … Read more
The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Baba Jamal has called on President John Mahama not to pardon the infamous ‘Montie 3’ even though he has signed the petition book. Following the sentencing of the three including Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, to four months in jail, after being … Read more
A leading member of the pressure group, Citizen Ghana Movement, Kofi Bentil, has urged Ghanaian voters to develop the habit of policing their votes after exercising their franchise. The IMANI Ghana Vice President, argues that the Supreme Court’s decision in the 2012 election petition case, has jeopardized all chances of the will of the electorate … Read more
Checks by 3FM has revealed contradictions in the story by Progressive People’s Party regarding its alleged stolen ‘petition against a presidential pardon’ for the Montie trio who are serving a four-month jail term. The announcement of the ‘stolen petition’ by the party Tuesday generated media attention and left many Ghanaians in utter shock. But 3FM … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party’s (PPP) booklet, which is taking signatures to compel President John Mahama against freeing the Montie 3 contemnors, has been mysteriously stolen by unknown thugs. The three, Godwin Ako Gunn, Alistair Nelson and Maase Salifu, were jailed four-months for criminal contempt of the Supreme Court after threatening the lives of Justices. Following … Read more
During the just-ended nationwide verification and re-registration exercise of the Electoral Commission (EC), an exhibition officer was discovered to have flouted the electoral laws of Ghana by verifying people in their homes, Daily Guide has learnt. The exhibition officer at the Wute E. P. Primary School centre who has been identified as one Paul Adzaho, … Read more
The United Nation’s (UN’s) Secretary-General’s Representative for West Africa and the Sahel says government must put in measures to ensure that the independence of the judiciary is not compromised ahead of the December polls. Dr Ibn Chambas has cautioned President John Mahama to ensure that discussions regarding a petition to pardon three pro-government communicators who … Read more
The General Secretary of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and the party’s National Chairman, Kofi Portuphy, has visited the Montie trio, who are serving their four-month jail term at Nsawman prison in the Eastern Region. Also part of the delegation was the NDC’s Director of Elections, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. The Host … Read more
President John Mahama’s referral of the Free Montie Petition to the Council of State is a needless and unnecessary sham, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP). “The whole thing has been choreographed to appear that somehow, the President wanted to do something and he wants to formalize it and make it appear that some due process … Read more
Deputy Interior minister James Agalga has said the ‘Montie three’ petition signed by several ministers will not compel President John Mahama to act in the controversial matter. According to him, the President will exercise his prerogative power of mercy in the interest of the state, “just as he has done in the past”. Scores of … Read more
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Tetteh, has signed the petition seeking a presidential pardon for the jailed Montie FM host and panelists despite earlier stating that she did not feel compelled to do so. Hanna Tetteh had criticised the length of the sentence given to Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, … Read more
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hanna Tetteh has indicated that she is not under any form of pressure to back calls for the release of the Montie trio because other Ministers are doing so. According to her, she would continue to express her fierce disagreement with the sentence which she calls harsh ,but would not … Read more
There have been calls by various players for a Presidential pardon concerning the Montie saga. While individual preferences and viewpoints must be allowed for diversity, the views of the Chairman of the NDC, Minister of Education, Minister of Gender and Social Protection, and the Ga Traditional Council are really shocking. Going to prison is unfortunate … Read more