“People must stop all this premature nonsense," Kweku Baako replies Kennedy Agyapong on the latter's wild allegations about multiple award-winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Kennedy Agyapong has accused Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI team of being evil and plotting the downfall of innocent people just in a bid to enrich themselves.
Debating the character of Anas on Adom TV's "Badwam", Kennedy Agyapong described the investigative journalist in unwholesome terms.
"The guy is not genuine. He's blackmailing people. He's extortionist, taking monies from people. He is evil. He’s an extortionist. He is a blackmailer.
"The guy shouldn't travel. The guy should not leave this country because I will take him on one on one and bring the evidence out. Because he's never been fair to the people that he has destroyed and institutions that he has destroyed in this country for taking monies..." he said.
He also challenged Anas to provide substantial evidence on his source of wealth.
According to him, the investigative journalist owns certain properties in the country which he used dubious means to bamboozle his victims to acquire and also evades the payment of taxes.
He made mention of lands, estates and a Pharmaceutical shop among others, and called for a probe into the supposed self-aggrandizement by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Mr. Agyapong also accused Anas' wife of importing tablets from Dubai without due diligence to the appropriate structures of importation, saying the investigative journalist has acquired vast assets by extorting monies and terrorizing people.
Addressing all claims by the Assin Central MP and NPP maverick, Kweku Baako sought to set the records straight and expose the lies of Kennedy Agyapong.
Kweku Baako told host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's Kokrokoo that Anas Aremeyaw Anas' credibility cannot be under question since the investigative journalist has since inception of his career been a law-abiding citizen.
Not unusual of him, Kweku Baako pulled out evidence to the panel on Kokrokoo on Wednesday proving that Anas has never evaded taxes but rather met his tax obligations by ensuring payment on the properties he owns.
"The issue of tax evasion, non-payment of tax or SSNIT contributions is not true. These are documented from 2014 to 2018”, he said.
He also admitted that Anas has, in his possession, lands and other assets but has not committed any fraud.
He said the constitution permits any citizen to acquire properties and so he challenged Kennedy Agyapong to give evidence to his claims that the investigative journalist’s illegal acquisition of properties.
Mr. Baako further refuted Kennedy Agyapong's claims that Anas' wife imports tablets from Dubai stating emphatically that “Anas has never put a tablet in his bag and brought it, from anywhere to Ghana, for the lady. No! It hasn’t happened. She imports her things from China; so, it will go through normal custom” procedure.
Also, Anas never did any project in Dubai and so there is no video as purported by Mr. Agyapong of Anas' work in Dubai.
“That’s fake. There’s no such video. There was no such project”, he stated.
He disclosed that Anas owns a land at Trade Fair which has some litigation and has become a legal case.
But Anas, he added, has his name on all documents of his assets.
“All the documents I am showing you have Anas’ name and signature on them. So, it is not as if it is hidden. It is not somebody who’s holding it on his behalf. His own name is there. His signatures are there”.
Kweku Baako wants Kennedy Agyapong to know that Anas is no stranger to him as he (Kennedy Agyapong) put out on Adom TV.
“There was a time I didn’t know him but Anas came to me in 1997/98 as an intern from the GIJ. He chose to come and work with the Crusading Guide then and he came and we accepted him. He was supposed to finish the internship and go. When he finished, he said [Sir] I feel comfortable here. I want to work here. Today, he’s not just a reporter or the acting Editor-in-Chief. He’s actually a co-owner. He owns 40% of Kweku Baako Media Limited. I own 60 percent. That’s how far he’s risen…” he said.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Thanks KYLIE for your submission. NANA ADDO himself is a fun of Anas and has endorsed his principle. What is Ken talking about? Are you the only Ghnanaian? He has exposed himself already of his lack of integrity. What makes you think that, if indeed those monies wouldn't have landed in the accounts of Nyantakyi if it was a genuine business deal? Nyantakyi eant further to state that Ghana referees can be bought with 20ghs and girls. Do you call such a person a man of integrity to look after our degrading soccer? SHAAMME ON YOU FGOOLIDSH KEN
i read in Things Fall Apart that when dried bones are mentioned, old women and men become uneasy. the Anas' video has not been shown yet and people have become confused and have started remembering what they did and are afraid whether their names will be mentioned. the corrupt ones are confused and are making unnecessary noise. if you are a crab, you don't worry about headache. Ken Agyapong should stop the noise. he is not the only Ghanaian. if he really wants corruption to end, then he should keep quite.
Ken should tell us if the video about judges were terrorism on those judges. They came and accepted their faults n pleaded with the nation to forgive them. Is Ken afraid of Anas?
What makes Anas aproach bogus? Prez Akuffo as part of his IAE interview response said he will use the Anas principle to curtail corruption. His approach according Afail monney is legal.where did Anas go wrong? why can't we as citizens query the ills in the system and resolve them. Are we happy how Ghana is? we have a lot of unemployed youth in the country because our government is unable to create Jobs.We have high dept stock because our leaders are mismanaging our resources and hide behind evidence. Now we have evidence and we a re crying foul. what kind of ***barred word*** is that? What kind of hypocrisy is that? Why this Apathy and Greed?
Why are some people worried about Ken's pronouncements? Please let him be. Every society needs a buff.oon, and we have one in Ken. Society cannot and should not be made up of only smart and clever people. Buffoons like Ken serve their purpose.
Why are some people worried about Ken's pronouncements. Please let him be. Every society needs a ***barred word***, and we have one in Ken. Society cannot and should not be made up of only smart and clever people. Buffoons like Ken serve their purpose.
KEN MAY HAVE A POINT.I CALL ON THE CONCERNED INSTITUTIONS TO ACTIVATE AN INVESTIGATION ON ANAS.SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY A SITTING MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING TAX EVASION AND EXTORTION WHICH IS CRIMINAL IN NATURE AND THIS CALLS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.ANAS IS ALSO A GHANAIAN WHO MUST BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME PROCESSES UNDER OUR LAWS TO ENSURE THAT HE IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY WRONG DOING. THANKS
and who the helllll does Anas thinks he is??? is Anas trying to tell Ghanaians that he is a saint????? Kweku Baako is also not a saint. WE ALL WANT CORRUPTION TO END IN GHANA BUT NOT WITH THE BOGGGUSSS APPROACH OF ANAS..