Editor in Chief of the Crusading Guide newspaper has described as “rubbish” a tape recording in which ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas is heard extorting money from one of the subjects of his investigation.
Malik Kweku Baako Jnr told Myjoyonline.com’s Editor Malik Abass Daabu the content of the recording must be binned because it provides no evidence of extortion except the rehash of old unsubstantiated allegations.
The controversial recording was part of the leaked pictures, videos and sounds put in the public domain by the outraged law maker Kennedy Agyepong.
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The Assin Central MP has within the past few days been waging a campaign against the ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas who has promised to air the latest investigative piece he did on Ghana Football.
Even before the content of the investigative piece will be aired on June 6, 2018, excerpts of it have already caused a stir leading to the arrest and interrogation of the Football Association boss Kwesi Nyantekyi.
In the said audio recording leaked by Kennedy Agyapong, investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas is allegedly heard extorting money from a businessman, Hafiz Mohammed.
He is also heard mentioning the name of Egbert Faibille, a lawyer as being on standby to transfer an amount of money to the business man.
While the content of the audio has been described as diversionary, others believe its content must not be disregarded.
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In a reaction to the audio, Egbert Faibille in a Facebook post said the content of that audio is the details of the $5.7 million gold scam case involving businessman Hafiz Mohammed in which the latter was later arrested and prosecuted.
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According to him, the business man had defrauded Hafred Security Services, the Dubai company, he [Egbert] was working for, and Anas had been employed by the company to track and arrest the suspect.
As a result of the investigation, Hafiz was arrested and prosecuted.
I heard a voice just as that of Anas in the video telling Mubarack and the friends to prepare a nice statement.
If that is true ,Then the arrest of Mubarack and others was just a stage work.
Obviously Anas couldn’t have walked hand-in-hand with them to the police station to write their statement
Also in the video ,the voice which resembles that of Anas side Hafiz was already in police custody.
So please explain to us how the same video led to the arrest of Hafiz who was already in police custody ‘foolish ,dead and gone’