Release of Montie 3 convicts by Mahama is an attack on the Supreme Court – Faibille

Egbert Faibille Jnr.,

The release of the Montie FM convicts, Salifu Maase (alias Mugabe), Alistair Nelson, and Godwin Ako Gunn, who were jailed for scandalizing the Supreme Court, has been described by Egbert Faibille Jnr, a private legal practitioner, as an attack on the Supreme court. A statement signed and released on Monday, 22 August by Communications Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah said: “The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, has, in consultation with the Council of State and in exercise of his constitutional powers under Article 72 of the Constitution, remitted the remainder of the prison sentence imposed on three persons: Salifu Maase (alias Mugabe), Alistair Nelson, and Ako Gunn, who were sentenced to four months' imprisonment and a fine of GHS10,000.00 each for contempt of court.

But in a Facebook post moments after the announcement, Mr Faibille Jnr. said: “President Mahama has attacked the judiciary in a most unacceptable manner with the remission of the sentences of the Montie 3.”