{"id":248098,"date":"2016-09-14T06:53:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T06:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=248098"},"modified":"2016-09-14T06:53:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T06:53:46","slug":"two-judges-sue-gja-for-crowning-anas-best-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/two-judges-sue-gja-for-crowning-anas-best-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Two judges sue GJA for crowning Anas best journalist\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Embattled high Court Judges, Paul Uuter Dery and Mustapha Habib Loggo, have sued the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) for conferring best journalist of the year award on Anas Arememay Anas.<\/p>\n
The two judges claimed the award is an endorsement of unethical journalism and pray the Court strips Anas of the award and the GJA charged for contempt.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”VsUp1VCL7F3ljSpSejdnPapESvVqjgck”]Justice Dery had earlier petitioned the GJA<\/strong><\/a><\/span> asking it to withdraw the award from the investigative journalist because in his view, Anas\u2019 judicial corruption piece that won him the award is under contention.<\/p>\n He threatened that failure to heed to his call will result in a law suit.<\/p>\n But Affail Monney prior to the suit told Citi News<\/strong>, the association won\u2019t yield to such demands<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, and is thus ready to defend its actions in court.<\/p>\n He explained that \u201cAnas doesn\u2019t need any superfluity of proof to show his international solidity and his national competence when it comes to investigative journalism and he has received a litany of awards for what he has done.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe is one of the best investigative journalists the world has ever produced. In the wisdom of the association, Anas stood out, nationally and internationally as the best. As far as we are concerned, what happened has been consigned to history,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n