Owners of Montie FM fined GHC 60,000

Owners of Accra based Montie FM who were found guilty of contempt charges by the Supreme Court were also fined 60,000 cedis.

The four directors of the station, which include Harry Zakuor, Ato Ahwoi, Edward Addo and Kwesi Kyei Atuah, who are managers of the two media companies, Network Broadcasting Limited and Zeze Media, are to pay Ghc30, 000 each, bringing the amount to Ghc60, 000.

They were also asked to pay the amount by close of day tomorrow, Thursday, July 28.

Oman FM’s Correspondent Anthony Fordjour, who was in court reported that “the company has also been ordered to provide the court with measures they have put in place to ensure that such things do not happen again.”

According to Fred, the Presiding judge, Justice Sophia Akufo in her ruling issued a warning to media houses to be circumspect in their reportage and let this development serve as a deterrent to them.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has handed a four-month prison sentence to the two panelists, and the host of the ‘Pampamso’ show, Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, who threatened to kill judges of the Supreme Court during a radio discussion.

The three were also fined GHS 10,000.

Failure to pay the amount according to the Court will attract another one-month prison term.

The Presiding judge, Sophia Akufo, reading the sentences said the two panelists willfully attacked the Chief Justice and lowered the authority of the court by insisting that they will not accept its judgment on a controversial matter of the voter’s register.

Background

The Court issued a warrant for the owners of the station, host of the station’s ‘Pampaso’ programme, and the panelists, over the threat to kill judges for their handling of a case on the credibility of the voters’ register, to appear before them to answer for contempt charges.

At the second hearing last week, the accused persons were found guilty of contempt.

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