Accra High Court has dismissed a defamation case brought against outspoken lawmaker Ken Agyapong by popular investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

Anas sued the lawmaker in 2018, making defamation claims, and asked the court to cause the Assin Central Member of Parliament to pay GH¢25 million for aggravated damages.

However, the court presided over by Justice Eric Baah ruled on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, that Anas and his lawyers failed to prove that Ken Agyapong truly defamed him with his documentary titled “Who Watches the Watchman”.

According to the judge, Ken Agyapong’s documentary that he produced to counter an investigative production by the journalist rather exposed shady deals that Anas and his associates were involved in. “I find the claims by the plaintiff [Anas Aremeyaw Anas] meritless and they are hereby dismissed” Justice Baah was quoted in a report on the ruling by Asaase News.

The court further held that Agyapong provided sufficient evidence to prove that the plaintiff used the findings of his work to solicit money from persons implicated in the evidence gathered by him.

The evidence, according to the court, also proved that those who were able to pay the sums of money demanded by Anas and his associates got exempted from videos that were shown to the public.

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The court concluded that what Anas is engaged in is not investigative journalism but rather investigative terrorism and that Agyapong was justified to call Anas “a blackmailer, corrupt, an extortionist, and evil”. “I find the claims by the plaintiff [Anas Aremeyaw Anas) meritless and they are hereby dismissed” Justice Baah ruled.

Source: yen.com

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