Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong has threatened to cause the arrest of undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas by the end of the week.
Mr Agyapong insists that he has compelling evidence to back the bribery allegation claims he has levelled against the investigative journalist and will ensure he is brought to book.
“I am not taking this lightly, I will make sure today or tomorrow I get him arrested,” he told Joy News’ Kojo Yankson in an interview.
A documentary dubbed ‘Who Watches the Watchman’ was premiered Wednesday night in which the MP sought to expose the investigative journalist for allegedly extorting money from people he had investigated so that he will 'kill' their stories.
The documentary was centred on the gold scam story of September 2009 published by the New Crusading Guide Newspaper.
Anas in that story disclosed how Omega Strategic Gold Limited was duped by three individuals to the tune of $1.9 million. The case which was before an Accra high court was subsequently dismissed by justice Charles Quist for want of prosecution.
Anas according to Mr Agyapong is just as corrupt as those he accuses
Producers of who Watches the Watchman are accusing Anas of working to kill the case after demanding monies from the suspects.
Anas is also heard in the video admitting to having been bought for $100,000 and transferring $5,000 and $75,000 to the state prosecutor and former boss of the CID Adu Poku respectively for the case to be dismissed.
Although editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Kweku Baako has described the allegations as bogus, Mr Agyapong says the revelations in the video give him the strength to forge ahead.
“What I am seeking to achieve is that Anas does not have the moral right to call somebody corrupt for taking even GHS5 when he can take a bribe of $100,000, $50,000…
“…Who is this guy then to go and set judges up that they took GHS500.00 and they have lost everything. Some have died, some have stroke,” he queried.
Mr Agyapong says he will fight till the end and get justice for all “those judges, customs officers and every Ghanaian that Anas has maltreated in this country. I will put my life on the line and defend the truth because I am not afraid, I’m not scared.”
But Anas Aremeyaw Anas says denied that he has ever taken a bribe to do a story and is not intimidated by what he describes as distractions he is facing as a result of his work.
In an interview on Thursday morning on Joy FM, Anas insists that Mr Agyapong’s reactions are expected and he is not surprised by them.
“These antics do not do anything to me. It is a strategy that is always used by distracters and not limiting it to just this story…they will come at you…I call them the hot air blowers…,” he said.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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For a judge to accept yam and goats for the sake of denying justice where due is simply unpardonable. would the judge have fallen for the bate if the bribe giver wasn't Anas but a criminal? Are the judges not in the habit of taking bribes to pervert justice? certainly it wasn't their first. Followers of Ken Agyapong believe that only God who has no sin should call the judges to order, otherwise all crimes must go on as normal. oh, it's normal for armed robbers to pay their way through justice. what a good Ghana for Ken Agyapong. Money sometimes make the silly confidence in their ***barred word*** thoughts.
George AD, Ken has said until a month ago he did not know much about Anas.
Kwaku Baako has confirmed the one in the video is indeed Anas. Prosperity will judge us all. the cry and pains of people that Anas has entrapped or brought them down, will continue to strike and demand justice. Anyone who has benefited unduly from this malice work of Anas will have his or her share of the striking force of natural justice.
Say no to Tramadol. It destroys brains and increase ***barred word***, otherwise Ken Agyapong won't make this statement. Please Dr. Osei, act before we lose an MP to insanity or it's alright to lose a corrupt nation wrecker involved in shady deals that he's scared Anas will expose. Illiteracy makes you an inch from being ***barred word*** and so are fake false fraudulent bleached pastor owusu bempah, 1+D+1+0+T agya koo and ***barred word*** abronye. They are sheepishly following deranged ken agyapong without considering the effects on NPP fortunes in 2020. NPP is in power so you guys are enjoying juicy contracts and privileges and think money is everything and that Anas shouldn't fight corruption? Don't worry 2020 is less than 2 years from today. ken agyapong don't care about NPP in power because he'll always retain his seat and the party apparatchik seems toothless.....
@GeorgeAD.. well said wai.
Better now than never! Anas isn’t clean at all. Kennedy must go on with his expose
Mr.Ken,though a good work done, i find it difficult to understand you in a way.You know Anas as a corrupt journalist for years now.What have you done for all these years?Are you telling the whole world that you would not have come out with all these "koominini" had Anas not shown his video?. You are behaving like somebody who also said he would have arrested Nyantekyi for his long overdue corruption for probe had it not been change in government. some of you these big men over there are the bigger part of the country's problems today.Both you and Anas should give us a brake.