Anas Aremeyaw Anas: Ace Investigative Journalist Ordered To Testify In Kwesi Nyantakyi Case Without Mask

• Ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been ordered to testify in court without his mask
• The undercover journalist was granted special dispensation to give evidence in camera as a prosecution witness in the case of Republic v Kwesi Nyantakyi and Another
• Dissatisfied with the ruling of the Accra High Court, lawyers for Mr Nyantakyi filed an application to quash the dispensation which has been given

For the very first time in his life as an investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas is expected to make a public appearance without his mask.

This comes after the Supreme Court ordered the ace undercover journalist to testify in open court without his trade mark mask.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas: Ace Investigative Journalist Granted Special Dispensation To Give Evidence In Camera

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Anas was earlier granted special dispensation by an Accra High Court to give evidence in camera as a prosecution witness in the case of the Republic versus former Ghana Football Association boss Kwesi Nyantakyi and another.

But lawyers for Mr Nyantakyi, who were dissatisfied with that ruling, proceeded to the apex court of the land for the decision by the lower court to be set aside.

In court today, Tuesday, November 8, 2022, that application by Mr Nyantakyi through lead counsel Thaddeus Sory of Sory@Law has been granted, effectively paving the way for Anas to appear before the court as any other witness does without any special privileges.

The court presided over by Justice Baffoe-Bonnie in quashing the order of the Accra High Court said it was given without the requisite legal basis.

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UPDATE:

Lawyers for the award-winning investigative journalist, Cromwell Gray LLP, have called on the general public to disregard claims that the apex court of the land has ordered Anas to testify without a mask.

According to a statement, the lawyers said the Supreme Court, in its ruling, never made such an order or compelled Anas to appear in court without his mask.

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The statement in clarifying matters said Anas agreed to testify in the stead of Ahmed Suale on condition that he be allowed to do so in-camera or in chambers.

“Anas and his Tiger Eye team will continue to wear the iconic face beads as a symbol of impartial anonymity in investigative journalism and to highlight the extreme risks in that line of duty,” the statement said.

“Kwesi Nyantakyi” Causes Panic Withdrawals At Savings & Loans Company

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported panic withdrawals at First Allied Savings and Loans Company following reports that a shareholder named Nyantakyi is set to take over the company.

Management of First Allied Savings and Loans company attributed the withdrawals to one of its shareholder’s name being mistaken for former GFA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi’s.

Source: YEN.com.gh