GhPageNewsPower FM Presenter Oheneba jailed over allegations against Akufo-Addo, judges- Advertisement -Oheneba Boamah Bennie, a broadcaster along with Power FM, has been found guilty and jailed over their claims against President Akufo-Addo and judges in the country. Benefit Court in Accra Wednesday handed down a 14-day prison term to the maverick broadcaster charged with contempt from the Attorney General. The courtroom presided over by Proper rights Elfreda Dankyi also fined the broadcaster an amount of GHS 3000. In her judgment, Justice Elfreda Dankyi kept that Oheneba Boamah had been guilty of the charge towards him and that she has been charitable with the sentence. “I have been magnanimous, ” the particular Justice stated when advice for Boamah, Victor Kojoga Adawudu prayed the courtroom to be charitable. What do Oheneba Boamah Bennie perform? – BackgroundThe Attorney Common dragged Bennie to courtroom on December 2020 meant for contempt of courtIt was your case of the A-G that will, after the declaration of Chief executive Akufo-Addo as the President-elect by Electoral Commission (EC), Bennie allegedly published a video in the Facebook wall, claiming that will President Akufo-Addo had fulfilled with eight justices from the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice, and had inspired them. He claimed the particular President used the supposed conference to influence the justices of the apex court in order to rule in his favour in case of any election petition difficult his re-election as announced by the EC. In the stated video, he allegedly stated Ghanaians would not allow the justices of the Supreme Court in order to destroy the country and advised the military to phase a coup d’etat. Constitutional violationThe A-G makes a situation that through his distribution, Bennie wants to tell the general public that judges, including the justices of the apex court, choose cases not independently yet by taking directives from the Leader. Such an assertion, the A-G argued, if allowed to move unpunished, would amount to major disrespect for the judiciary, that is a violation of the 1992 Cosmetic. According to the A-G, Bennie understood that there was a possibility of difficult to the presidential election in the Supreme Court and, consequently , by poisoning the thoughts of the public against the courtroom, he wanted to cause disaffection for the court. “That the particular respondent’s disrespect for the Judiciary and the publication of fake news intended to bring the Judiciary into disrepute makes your pet liable to be committed to jail in order to vindicate the unquestionable authority of the Judiciary enshrined in Article 125 from the 1992 Constitution, ” the particular affidavit in support of the A-G’s case added. Get Ghana Latest News in your mailbox each morning. Subscribe