Founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has cast doubt on the credibility of prominent investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, questioning the authenticity of his work.
In a recent interview with Starr FM, Nyaho-Tamakloe, who also served as Ghana’s Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, criticized Anas as being dishonest.
Nyaho-Tamakloe’s remarks came in response to discussions about Anas’s “Number 12” documentary, which led to a lifetime ban for former Ghana Football Association President Kwasi Nyantakyi from FIFA.
The retired military officer expressed skepticism about Anas’s integrity and questioned the impact of the documentary on Nyantakyi’s international standing.
Despite Anas’s accolades as an undercover journalist, Nyaho-Tamakloe voiced a lack of trust in his methods and findings.
“I personally don’t believe that gentleman [Anas]…I have no issue with him, I don’t even know him. But as I study carefully the way he goes about things; I know that he is not an honest man. Why do I say so? As an investigative journalist, what you are able to see or discover, you keep it to yourself.
In fact, you later take everyone by surprise. But in this case, when he collects whatever he has, he shows it to certain people. He showed it (Number 12 documentary) to President Akufo-Addo, former President John Mahama.’
“Those people shouldn’t have seen it. Akufo Addo shouldn’t have seen it, John Mahama shouldn’t have seen it and the others that saw it, not even Kwaku Baako. What he should have done was to give us a surprise. The first group he should have shown it to was the public.
After having showed it to certain personalities, the whole thing lost its interest. What was even dangerous was that after that, Kwasi was being attacked left and right.
But names that were mentioned, nobody talked about them. I don’t think that is fair,” Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe stated.
He added that what Anas is practicing is not investigative journalism.
“I don’t know that Anas, but I personally don’t believe him. I don’t think he’s doing very genuine work. I have read about investigative journalists, and this is not the way they operate.
He sorts of tricks and traps people. He wasn’t fair to Kwasi Nyantakyi, not at all,” Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe said.