2016 Ghanaian presidential pardon of contemnors

In August 2016, Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama exercised his prerogative of mercy to grant remission to three persons found guilty on charges of contempt by the Supreme Court of Ghana.http://www.ghananewsagency.org/politics/president-mahama-grants-remission-of-sentence-to-three-contemnors-107045 President Mahama grants remission of sentence to three contemnors GhanaNewsAgency August 22, 2016 August 23, 2016 Background On July 8, 2016 the Supreme Court of Ghana issued a Writ of summons signed by Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood to owners of Accra-based Montie FM and political radio talk show host Salifu Maase (also called Mugabe) together with two panelists Alistair Tairo Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn on grounds of contempt for comments the three persons made on the radio station on June 29, 2016.http://kapital971.com/?p=9010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160805073013/http://kapital971.com/?p=9010 usurped August 5, 2016 kapital FM Kingsley Opoku-Amoako July 28, 2016 August 23, 2016 Mohammed, Mutala Accra - Ghana References Category:2016 in Ghana Category:Controversies in Ghana Category:First presidency of John Mahama