Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Monday, July 11, 2016
It has emerged that the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) Communications Team members who threatened to kill the judges
promised to kill some pastors as well.
They said the pastors had been openly supporting
the bid of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to become president and therefore when the Supreme Court
finally ‘plunges’ the country into chaos through the usurpation of the powers
of the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the November elections, the pastors
would have their share of physical attacks.
They specifically mentioned Pastor Mensa
Otabil, General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church; Rev. Prof.
Emmanuel Martey, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
of Ghana and Christian Council General Secretary, Rev Dr. Kwabena Opuni
Frempong, as their targets.
These comments were specifically uttered
by Alistair Nelson on a pro-NDC radio station - Montie FM – which is a sister station to Radio Gold at Latebiokoshie, Accra - during a political talk show
programme called ‘Pampaso’ hosted by Salifu Maase, popularly called Mugabe.
On the same programme, the justices of
the Supreme Court were threatened with death.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of National
Investigation (BNI) has virtually cleared the NDC activists of any criminal
intention.
According to the BNI, “Alistair Tairo
Nelson, 41 and Godwin Ako Gunn, 39, are incapable of harming the judges.”
The security agency, in a statement
issued on Thursday, disclosed that “further checks by the BNI have, however,
established that the suspects were incapable of carrying out their
pronouncements but did so in a show of needless bravado.”
Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Oti
Bless, are all NDC activists and regular panelists on Montie FM - which is noted for vitriolic attacks on opponents of
the ruling NDC, as well as the use of intemperate language heavily aided by the
host, Mugabe who claims that he was not
afraid of jail.
They said the Supreme Court judges had
complained that there was too much tension in the country and so they (panelists)
accused the judges of stoking the tension with their decisions, with Mugabe
asking, “Where is the pressure coming from?”
Alistair Nelson then said, “And now you
hear, Peace Council, Bishop Conference, Muslim Council. They have turned the
thing into politics. And some have come out openly to support Nana Addo.
“Ei! You people. With all that's going
on. Look at Otabil, E.A. Martey,” and Mugabe fired and Opuni-Frempong.”
“Do they think that they can run?” Alistair
quizzed.
Alistair threatened again, “Have you
climbed a hill before? When you get up you do exercises in your rooms. You have
gone to buy machines (treadmill). You have gone beyond 60 and 65 years, and you
are sitting on machines and so you think you have become strong in the room.
When the war happens we will see where you will pass.
“Ask the Liberians, Sierra Leone,
Burundi. So we the youth have to rise up and to prevent the election of a
dictator, a looming dictator that wants to destroy our society. That's what
they want to do.
“With all the leaders in Ghana, I have
begged the head of the CID, be they political leaders, church leaders, business
leaders in this country, we should seize everyone's passport and place them at
the Bank of Ghana.
Mugabe then fired, “Take Georgina Wood's
passport!”
Alistair retorted “Take the passport of
all the judges. Period! Thank you!”
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