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Mahama has shown he is president for NDC - Ayikoi Otoo
A statement signed by the Communications Minister Dr Omane Boamah said the decision was taken on the advice of the Council of State and was on compassionate grounds.
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According to him, the president’s decision to grant pardon to the Montie 3 shows that he is only president for the NDC.
“He’s only acted professionally. We have all said this is an NDC affair, the Montie 3, the Radio Gold, the Montie station, the personalities involved, the ministers who were signing petition books and all that; I think NDC affair. So I am not surprised, the council of state and all that, they are all NDC,” Ayikoi Otoo said on Accra-based TV3.
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The president, late on Monday, August 22, 2016, freed the three men.
The Montie three, Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Maase alias ‘Mugabe’ were sentenced to four months in prison by the Supreme Court following contempt proceedings against them.
The contempt proceedings came after the three threatened the lives of Supreme Court judges who sat on the Abu Ramadan and Gary Nimako versus the Electoral Commission case.
A petition book was subsequently opened by pro-government group Research and Advocacy Platform (RAP) to collect signatures of Ghanaians to implore the president to exercise his prerogative of mercy powers to free the three contemnors.
After spending 27 days in jail, the three can now heave a sigh of relief as they have been granted a pardon.
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However, the NPP in a statement signed by Director of Communications, Nana Akomea said the decision by the president might put the lives of judges in danger.
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