The Chairman and General Secretary of the governing party, National Democratic Congress have visited the infamous Montie 3 at the Nsawam Prison.
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Asiedu Nketia, Portuphy visit Montie trio at Nsawam
NDC national executives visited the Montie trio at Nsawam Wednesday.
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Kofi Portuphy and Johnson Asiedu Nketia visited the trio, who are serving a four month jail sentence at the prison. Among the delegation was the Director of Elections, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo.
Background
The jailed 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.
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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.
Those who signed the petition included the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hanna Tetteh, Minister of Children, Gender and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, the Minister of Education, Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang and her deputy, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
A counter petition has also been started by the opposition Progressive Peoples Party to urge the president not to pardon the trio.
Among those who have also visited the incarcerated are the Minister of Transport, Fiifi Kwetey, Minister of Trade and Industry, Spio Garbrah, and the embattled former Minister of Transport, Dziffa Ativvor.
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