An Accra High Court has ordered that famous investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas be unmasked in chambers whenever he testifies in the criminal case brought against former Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi.
Anas, who has been exceedingly hesitant to appear in court without his mask, will now be required to remove it before testifying in Chambers.
This comes after the Supreme Court overturned a lower court order allowing Anas to testify in private.
The journalist, whose research led to Nyantakyi quitting from many football positions, stated that testifying in court would endanger his life.
Ahmed Suale was the key witness in the case, and after he was killed, Anas volunteered to testify in his stead.
The order of the High Court 2, Criminal Division granted permission to Anas Aremeyaw Anas to testify on camera in the case against Kwesi Nyantakyi.
In June 2018, the former member of Fifa’s executive council was filmed taking $65,000 in cash from an undercover reporter in a film captured by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas which was aired by BBC Africa’s investigations unit, Africa Eye.
Nyantakyi was pictured placing the “shopping money” into a black plastic bag from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman keen to invest in Ghanaian football.
He later agreed to what he believed to be a sponsorship deal for the Ghana FA, which he had presided over since 2005. The bogus deal, invented by the reporters, would have enabled millions of dollars in commission to be paid to a company controlled by him.
This cost him his positions as FIFA Council Member and 1st Vice President of CAF.
