[ 2016-07-29 ]

NDC supporters at the candle light vigil

Candle light vigil held for ‘Montie 3’
Friends and family of the convicted Montie FM
contemnors as well as National Democratic Congress
(NDC) supporters on Thursday evening held a candle
light vigil in solidarity with the trio.

The vigil started at 7:00pm on Thursday at the
premises of pro-NDC radio station Radio Gold at
Latebiokoshie in Accra.

The solemn vigil was attended by scores of people
clad in white or T-shirts embossed with photos of
the three.

The vigil, which was dotted with occasional
prayers for the three, is seen as part of a bid to
get them released.

Salifu Maase, host of Pamapaso, a political talk
show on Montie FM, as well as Alistair Nelson and
Godwin Ako Gunn, two panelists on the show, were
sentenced to four months in prison and fined
GHC10, 000 each.

The panelists threatened to kill Supreme Court
judges over their handling of the lawsuit on
Ghana’s voters’ register.

The host is said have fuelled the threatening
comments.

However, many see the sentence as harsh and an
attack on free speech.

The local language radio station is a
pro-government radio station owned by senior
members of the NDC.

Meanwhile, a book of petition to get President
John Mahama to intervene has also been opened at
the premises of Radio Gold.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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