A retired Diplomat and Statesman K.B Asante is questioning why investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Chief Justice, did not handover the video evidence on the judicial corruption to the Police for further investigation.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Metro TV\u2019s Good Morning Ghana, the retired diplomat said \u201cthe Police have all the facilities to deal with such cases.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”kVeUYnaiC17BpYoVWhG3ccG2FE1AID1Z”]He cited an instance where one of his father\u2019s friend who was also a renowned politician at the time was jailed\u00a0after he was found guilty of corruption.<\/p>\n
He said though the case in question caused agitation in Accra, \u201cIt was first reported to parliament, parliament did not deal with it they referred it to the police and the police investigated it.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to K.B Asante after the investigation the case was sent to court and the \u201chigh level politician\u201d was found guilty and \u201che was sentenced to only one-day imprisonment\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Ace journalist, Anas captured 34 judges on video, taking bribes, to influence judgments.<\/p>\n
Following the expos\u00e9, the Judicial Council has suspended 22 of the judges pending further investigations.<\/p>\n
The video and other evidences were handed over to a five member disciplinary committee of the Judicial Council to investigate the petition against the 22 Judges and Magistrates.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the five-member committee set up the Chief Justice to investigate the matter have begun sitting.<\/p>\n
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By: Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A retired Diplomat and Statesman K.B Asante is questioning why investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Chief Justice, did not handover the video evidence on the judicial corruption to the Police for further investigation. Speaking on Metro TV\u2019s Good Morning Ghana, the retired diplomat said \u201cthe Police have all the facilities to deal with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":73408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"yoast_head":"\n