The Montie trio say they have learnt their lesson from their incarceration urging colleague journalists to learn from their mistake.
The infamous Montie 3 were today, Friday, August 26, released from Prison following a Presidential pardon from their conviction and four-month jail term.
Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Maase, were in July incarcerated for criminal contempt of court after they threatened the lives of Supreme Court Justices on a live Montie FM radio programme.
Addressing teeming supporters at the forecourt of Montie FM in Accra on Friday, the trio admonished practitioners within the media fraternity to learn from their mistake.
“We have learnt our lesson and will like to reiterate President Mahama’s call to our fellow media practitioners and all who appear on our platforms to take a cue from what happened to us and be circumspect in our utterances,” they stated.
“We agree that we have a responsibility to our country to [have] peace in this election year and to respect institutions of state. We will continue to practise our profession and be mindful of all these,” they promised.
“We have learnt our lesson and will like to reiterate President Mahama’s call to our fellow media practitioners and all who appear on our platforms to take a cue from what happened to us and be circumspect in our utterances,” they stated.
“We agree that we have a responsibility to our country to [have] peace in this election year and to respect institutions of state. We will continue to practise our profession and be mindful of all these,” they promised.
The three were jailed on 27 July 2016 and served one month of the four-month prison term through a Presidential pardon. They also paid GHS10,000 each as fines for threatening to kill justices of the Superior Court.
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