{"id":165478,"date":"2015-11-09T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T10:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=165478"},"modified":"2015-11-09T13:22:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T13:22:02","slug":"mills-government-commissioned-anas-judicial-expose-citizen-vigilante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/mills-government-commissioned-anas-judicial-expose-citizen-vigilante\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills’ government commissioned Anas judicial expos\u00e9 \u2013 Citizen Vigilante"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu has revealed that the then John Mills\u2019 government commissioned investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative piece in 2009 to expose alleged corruption in the judiciary.<\/p>\n

Martin Amidu said the investigation was inspired following demands for proof over allegations of corruption leveled against the judiciary.<\/p>\n

\u201c…The undercover investigation that led to the judicial corruption expos\u00e9 was commissioned by the Government of Ghana and has its genesis in the acrimonious relationship between the Government and the Judiciary on the assumption of power in 2009 by the Government and the constant demand by the Judiciary for proof of judicial corruption from Government and its associates,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Martin Amidu further accused the Mahama-led\u00a0government of suppressing parts of the investigation that indicts some corrupt politicians in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government ought to be congratulated for its ingenuity in being able to suppress parts of the truth and to turn the displeasure of public anger away from political corruption to only judicial corruption and to take all the credit. The ingenuity, however, becomes farcical when the Attorney General grants immunity and protection to entrepreneurial Government Commissioned undercover agents who collaborate with established security agencies as independent whistleblowers under the Whistleblowers Act, 2006 (Act 720) and contrary to the prohibition of the Police Service (Private Security Organizations) Regulations, 1992 (L.I. 1571),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Gov\u2019t didn\u2019t sponsor us<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Anas’ Boss and Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has denied the claims by Martin Amidu saying\u00a0government didn’t sponsor the investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMartin Amidu is wrong! Government did not commission Anas’ investigations into Judicial Corruption! Fact! If Martin has contrary evidence, let him simply provide it,\u201d he posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\"abdul<\/a><\/p>\n

He argued that \u201chow would a serious investigative body release details of an investigation that is incomplete?\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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