Former Ghana Football Association boss Kwesi Nyantakyi has finally spoken after investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas lost his defamation suit against Kennedy Agyapong.
Kwesi Nyantakyi, whose football career ended following one of Anas’ most famous exposes, did not hold back.
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Speaking in an interview via Oman FM after the court ruling, Mr Nyantakyi said, “The High Court’s decision testifies to the truth that Anas Aremeyaw Anas is not honest, but described by the court, he is blackmailer and am extortionist.”
According to the angry ex-GFA boss, Anas who years ago portrayed himself as an angel has been disgraced and he wonders if the latter is at the same level with the devil.
“Anas has been totally disgraced. He once portrayed himself as an angel, but today, O’m not even sure he is at the devil’s level yet,” he fumed.
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong dedicated the victory over Anas’s defamation suit against him to Kwesi Nyantakyi.
Kennedy Agyapong expressed his happiness to Kwasi Nyantakyi, the former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The 25 million defamation lawsuit Anas filed against the lawmaker/businessman in 2018 was dismissed by the Accra High Court on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
In the lawsuit, he alleged that Agyapong defamed him in the documentary “Who watches the watchman” that he broadcast on various platforms. Agyapong was ordered to clear his name after Anas asked the court to punish him with damages.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas failed to demonstrate that Ken Agyapong defamed him by airing the documentary, according to the High Court, presided over by Justice Eric Baah.
The documentary in question, in the opinion of the court, primarily exposed dubious transactions in which Anas and his associates were involved.
In a lengthy decision, the court found that Agyapong’s evidence was sufficient to establish that Anas had solicited funds from people connected to the evidence he had gathered during his investigations using the findings of his work.
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Evidence, it continued, also demonstrated that those who could afford the payments demanded by Anas and his associates were exempted from appearing in the videos that were broadcast to the general public.
The court found that Anas was justified in referring to him as “a blackmailer, corrupt, an extortionist, and evil,” rather than engaging in investigative journalism.
