The Supreme Court has adjourned the contempt case against owners of Accra-based Montie FM, the host of the station’s ‘Pampaso’ programme, and the two panelists, who threatened to kill judges over their handling of the Abu Ramadan suit on the credibility of the voters’ register to Monday, July 18.
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The adjournment became necessary after lawyer for the host, Salifu Maase aka Mugabe, told the court that he only got the summons this morning and had not had time to confer with his client. Mugabe corroborated his lawyer's claim revealing that he personally went to the court's registry this morning to request for the summons.
The others, Godwin Ako Gunn, and Alistair Nelson, also had the same story.
The Registrar of the Court confirmed that all the accused had only received their summons this morning leaving the five member panel no choice than to adjourn the case.
The Court also ordered that Montie FM, which was only represented by one person, should make that all the owners will be present on the adjourned date.
Before proceedings started, the Chief Justice, Georgina Wood and Justice Sule Gbadegbe had refused themselves from the case and were replaced by Justices Sophia Akuffo and Julius Ansah because their names were specifically mentioned in the comments of the three people facing the contempt charges.