Kennedy Agyapong, the member of parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, has honoured Kwesi Nyantakyi, the former president of the Ghana Football Association, by dedicating his victory in the defamation lawsuit against investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
The Accra High Court ordered the investigative journalist to pay Kennedy Agyapong 50,000 as compensation instead of upholding Anas’ 25 million Ghana cedi defamation lawsuit.
Kennedy Agyapong said in a statement following the court’s decision that his victory was in honour of the former GFA president who was degraded in the documentary.
Kennedy Agyapong declined the 50,000 that had been given to him by the court and admonished Anas to be careful what he did.
“All I will say is the victory is especially for Kwesi Nyantakyi and this gentleman. What they have gone through in Anas’s humiliation in this country, nobody should go through that,” Kennedy Agyapong told the press.
He added, “I will tell you today, the ¢50,000 I don’t need it, I will give it to him but he should live with his conscience.”
Anas in 2018 sued the New Patriotic Party lawmaker for allegedly defaming him after the release of his famous Number 12 documentary which sort to uncover the rot in Ghana Football.
The popular investigative journalist asked the court to award ¢25 million to Kennedy Agyapong for defaming him in his ‘Who watches the watchman’ counter documentary.
However, ruling over the case in court on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, Justice Eric Baah stated that Anas Aremeyaw Anas failed to prove he was defamed by the lawmaker.