General News of Friday, 26 August 2016Source: citifmonline.comMontie 3 to walk free todaySecond from left Eduji Tamakloe with the released Montie trioToday, Friday, Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Masee, infamously referred to as the Montie Three will be released from prison after President John Mahama remitted their four-month prison sentence. The Montie three were imprisoned in July for criminal contempt of court after they threatened the lives of Supreme Court Justices on a live Montie FM radio programme. President Mahama eventually exercised this power on Monday, August 22 following consultations with the Council of State. Montie 3 pardoned to attack NPPThe spokesperson for Nana Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mustapha Hamid, suggested that President Mahama might have pardoned the Montie FM contemnors to “resume their insult attacks” on the opposition candidate. “Once they [Montie trio] are incarcerated, he [Mahama] is the one now leading the insult attack.

Source: GhanaWeb August 26, 2016 06:11 UTC