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Before the court hearings in a case where investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas is set to testify against former Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi, Anas refuses to show his face to Nyantakyi and his attorneys in chambers.
Due to worries about his safety, Anas declined the prosecution’s offer to testify.
Justice Marie Louise Simmons of Ghana’s High Court on Wednesday ordered Anas Aremeyaw Anas to testify in open court during Kwesi Nyantakyi’s trial.
However, the court let Anas to pose as someone else during his evidence in order to allay the journalist’s security worries. The prosecution’s request for Anas to testify in part was granted by Justice Simmons, who noted that Anas had been seen in public wearing his beads as So it wouldn’t be a problem for him to testify in public while wearing a mask.
The statement from Anas’ private investigation company, Tiger Eye P.I., emphasized the risks involved in revealing his identity to Nyantakyi.
The declaration stated, “As much as Anas is willing and ready to testify for the prosecution, doing so under the condition specified by the court presents a clear and present danger to his security and safety, especially because of the issues chronicled above.”
Accordingly, he should deny the invitation to put his life in danger and decline the invitation to divulge his identify to the accused person in the courtroom or anywhere else.
Tiger Eye supports Anas’ argument and asserts that it is right and prudent to err on the side of caution in order to prevent any prospective attack on one of its investigators.
The company went on to support Anas’s argument, saying that vigilance is required to prevent any assaults on their investigators.
The trial of Nyantakyi is related to the release of the divisive film “Number 12: When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm.”
LOCOTVGH.COM