An Accra High Court has dismissed the defamatory suit filed by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas against Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong.
The journalist sued the lawmaker demanding GHC25 million.
But his case was dismissed by the court.
Anas, in 2018, dragged the lawmaker to court for allegedly defaming him. In his application, Anas prayed to the court to award aggravated damages of GHC25 million to compensate for the defamatory material published against him by the MP.
The court also ruled that Agyapong presented sufficient evidence to show that the plaintiff used the findings of his work to solicit money from people involved in the evidence he gathered.
According to the evidence, those who were able to pay the sums of money demanded by Anas and his associates were exempted from the videos that were shown to the public.
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”.
Justice Eric Baah indicated that since the award of cost in such civil cases is at the discretion of the court, he will award a cost of GHc 50,000.00 against the plaintiff [Anas Aremeyaw Anas].
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
