
<p>An Achimota Magistrate Court convicted the 16 New Patriotic Party (NPP) members guilty and sentenced them to jail time for breaking into UTV&#8217;s premises and interfering with their evening programming.</p>



<p>The court orders that GH $2400 be paid by each side. Rioting and planning to commit crimes were among the accusations levelled against the prisoners. They accepted responsibility for the charges.</p>



<p>The UTV studios were invaded by them on October 7, 2023, as United Showbiz was being broadcast live at the moment.</p>



<p>They said the show had become a forum where the government had been unfairly criticised in an unprofessional manner frequently.</p>



<p>They asserted yet again that A Plus, a political activist and panellist on a regular show, tore up a letter from the NPP to UTV.</p>



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<p>They were then taken into custody by the police and charged accordingly.</p>



<p>When the invasion took place, both the Ghana Journalists Association and the National Media Commission condemned it.</p>



<p>According to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), the act was &#8220;barbaric and mediaeval, and it is very much compatible with the building blocks in recent years to develop a state of impunity against the media, one that is worse than the famed &#8220;culture of impunity.&#8221;</p>



<p>According to them, the programme had evolved into a venue where the government had repeatedly been harshly and unprofessionally condemned.</p>



<p>They claimed once more that A Plus, a political activist and regular show panellist, tore apart a letter from the NPP to UTV management urging them to reform the programme on live. Later, they were detained by the police and charged appropriately.</p>



<p>The National Media Commission and the Ghana Journalists Association both denounced the invasion when it occurred.</p>



<p>The act was &#8220;barbaric and mediaeval, and it is very much consistent with the building blocks in recent times to establish a state of impunity against the media, one that is worse than the infamous &#8220;culture of silence,&#8221; &#8221; the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) said.</p>
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