Daasebre Gyamenah's death ends feisty week of 'Montie trio' sentencing

This week has been a feisty one as the Montie trio were jailed on Wednesday but it ended on a gloomy note with the passing of Ghana's outstanding High-life artiste, Daasebre Gyamenah.

Before all that, Finance Minister Seth Terpker presented a supplementary budget to parliament on Monday, and sought approval for Ȼ1.8 billion to support the budget after huge revenue shortfall.

Mr. Terkper touted progress in various sectors including education, health, agriculture and the economy.

Later on that day, a Lance Corporal with the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) in Tema did the unthinkable when he allegedly murdered his children, his mother-in-law and committed suicide. Many wondered where his wife was at the time and what may have motivated the Lance Corporal to commit such a dastardly act. Well she showed up eventually and with explanation.

The late Amuzu's wife, Rapha Iddrisu
Wilfred Amuzu’s wife said she suspects some forces compelled her late husband to commit the crime.

On Tuesday, former Nkoranza North Member of Parliament, Eric Amoateng, heaved a sigh of relief after he was acquitted of charges of possessing forged documents.

In a twist of fate, his colleague former Member of Parliament Maxwell Kofi Jumah was fined 1,200 cedis by a Kumasi Circuit Court for causing unlawful damage to the electoral material.

Then on the much awaited Wednesday, July 27, the Supreme Court sentenced a presenter and two panelists on Montie FM to four months in prison and fined them 10,000 cedis each for threatening to kill judges.

The directors of the radio station were fined 30,000 and the owner of the frequency, Harry Zakuor was also fined 30,000 .

The triad being escorted by police after the sentence was pronounced

The sentencing came after one of the directors, Ato Ahwoi was convicted .

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a suit against the Karpower deal .

Some National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters besieged the party headquarters to pressurize their leaders to get President Mahama to use his power to reverse the prison sentence of the Montie trio.

A deputy Education Minister signing the petition
The supporters signed a petition for the release of the contemnors and held a vigil in solidarity with the convicted trio.

Some supporters at the vigil
We did not wake up to a good news on Friday as Ghana lost one of its finest Highlife Artistes, Daasebre Gyamenah . Confusion erupted after his family rejected Islamic burial .

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