For the first time in years, Ghanaians and Africa at large has seen the face behind name, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, popular investigative journalist on the continent.
His picture emerged after Anas Aremeyaw Anas won an $18 million defamation lawsuit against former Ghanaian Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong.
Anas secured this significant legal victory in the United States, after the verdict was delivered by a jury in Essex County, New Jersey.
The lawsuit which was filed on May 17, 2022, in the Essex County Superior Court, saw the assessed, Kennedy Agyapong and media personality Frederick Asamoah facing charges of making defamatory statements against Anas during an episode of The Daddy Fred Show, an online program popular among Ghanaian audiences in the United States.
Appearing on the show, Kennedy Agyapong allegedly made a series of damaging and false claims, including accusing Anas of being a criminal, a thief, and responsible for the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale.
Suale, a key member of Anas’ investigative team, was assassinated in 2019 following the release of Number 12, a documentary that exposed corruption in Ghanaian football.
The court documents highlighted several specific allegations made by Agyapong, including:
- Falsely claiming that Anas had been convicted of crimes in Ghana.
- Accusing Anas of orchestrating Ahmed Suale’s murder.
- Asserting that Anas was responsible for the deaths of multiple Chinese nationals in Ghana.
- Labeling Anas as a thief.
Ghanaian social media users have shared varied reactions on X following the circulation of a picture of the closely guarded face of Anas.
Read comments below:
@Julietlovesro1 – Thats not how he usually looks, he thinks hes smart, this look has been perfectly crafted to appear very uninteresting and forgettable. Id wager his har is usually more trimmed and beard if not low, then non existent as his usual style.
@AdjeiPeprahSyl1 – he was wearing prosthetic anaa
@lordtipo – I’m not sure because it will be hard for an undercover journalist to reveal himself just like that to the public domain sensing the danger involved.
@XVIVIMCMXCI – He feels he can secretly record people and publicly air the tapes, but we can’t put his true identity out there? As if he owns Ghana. Such Nonsense!!
@kojo_darks94 – It’s funny how people think Anas be one particular man , Anas is a whole organization, it’s probably one of his guys , they definitely knew something like this will pop up so they prepared paaa .
@PUNsCHLINES – This man has been hiding his identity in Ghana all in the name of investigative journalist, but he goes to US and shows his face…. Interesting!
@IsaacFynn270039 – Check this guy and the one in mask big difference. Just check body size
@Excellency31358 – Do you think this is him? No Annas is not one besides I don’t think this face is real
@KingClef9 – The nose the beard the hair all looks fake
@Iam_Monney – Ah so ppl actually think that’s Anas?? Chale Ghana here wanna mind small ooo. So you people dunno Prosthetic skin?? You no dey watch movies anaa??
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So this is Anas pic.twitter.com/o4lUdZnJHA
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