Ghana: Supreme Court registrar removed in Montie FM contempt case:

Georgina Wood, Ghana’s chief justice has reprimanded the registrar of the Supreme Court whose actions led to the adjournment of the much-talked about case involving the radio panelists, who allegedly threatened to kill judges. James Mensah, who has been serving as the acting registrar of Ghana’s Supreme court, has been removed for failing to ensure that the persons involved in the contempt case received their writ in time. Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn, who were panelists on ‘Pampaso’, a political programme on Montie FM in Accra on June 29, warned judges of Ghana’s highest court to be wary of their conduct in the case involving the Electoral Commission and Mr Abu Ramadan if they did not want to suffer the fate of the three members of the bench who were shot to death and burnt on June 30, 1982 in the era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).

The Supreme Court had to adjourn the case to July 18 after the contemnors argued that they were not served with the writ until that morning, a position which was corroborated by the court registrar. Sources close to the chief justice’s office have revealed that Mensah has been reassigned to the Court of Appeal.

 He admitted the Montie squad were only served the morning of the court sitting hence the need to adjourn the case. The case will be heard again on Monday with a directive to all the owners of the pro-National Democratic Congress radio station to show up in court.