One of the released Montie trio, Alistair Nelson, has made a passionate appeal to President John Mahama to look at the possibility of ensuring that jailed persons are transported to the prisons by helicopter.
According to him, the speed at which prisons officials drive convicted persons to and from the prisons is terrifying and put their lives in danger.
Alistair Nelson, Montie FM presenter Salifu Maase also known as Mugabe and Godwin Ako Gunn, were incarcerated by the Supreme Court for contempt after they were found to have scandalized the judges on radio.
There were later granted remission by President John Mahama after serving just one-month of their four-month jail term, a move that sparked huge controversy among a section of the public.
Speaking to Accra-based Okay FM, Nelson Alstair who claims he’s reformed following his experience in prison, emphasized the need for prison officials to exercise a lot of caution while conveying prisoners to avoid needless death.
“I want to appeal to the President; the speed at which prisoners are transported is too much. It will be better if they are transported by helicopter. That kind of speed could easily result in accident and the lose of lives. We were driven at top speed from court to Adenta Police station where we were first taken. We were taken through a back road, within a twinkle of an eye we had gotten to Adenta, the speed was too much. We were psyched up by the Police Commander there while our warrant to the prison was being prepared.”
He continued:”Initially we thought we were going to be taken to Ankaful in the Central Region, that got us a bit worried because the place is far and it was getting late in the day. I later got to know that we were to be taken to Nsawam; we moved at top speed. We just don’t know where we passed…when we realized we had gotten to Nsawam Prison within a very short time.”
Prisoners are transported to the courts and back to the prisons usually at very top speed guarded by gun wielding officers with their vehicles tooting their horns apparently to clear the road ahead of them.
