Reports that investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas might appear in court as a prosecution witness without his trademark facial beads have been refuted by Anas' lawyers.
Even the renowned investigative journalist may decide whether or not to testify in the aforementioned case involving former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi, according to Cromwell Gray LLP, as he only agreed to do so after the star witness for the Republic, Ahmed Suale, was brutally murdered in 2019.
On Tuesday, November 8, the Supreme Court issued an order requiring Anas to testify in the case without being granted any special privileges.
By doing that, he may be forced to show up in court without a mask and in public.
Anas had promised to testify in place of Ahmed Suale if he could do so in front of the camera.
When the High Court approved this motion, Mr Nyantakyi, who was featured in the devastating 2018 documentary "Number 12: When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm," challenged it before the Supreme Court.
The devastating documentary included images of Kwesi Nyantakyi.
Mr Nyantakyi's application was approved by Justice Baffoe-Bonnie of the Supreme Court (JSC).
The public should disregard false reports that Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been ordered by the Supreme Court or is being required to appear in court without his distinctive face beads, according to a statement released later on Tuesday by Cromwell Gray LLP, the attorney firm representing Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
"Anas may choose to testify as a prosecution witness or not," it added.
The statement further indicated that Anas and his Tiger Eye PI team will continue to wear the iconic face beads as "a symbol of impartial anonymity in investigative journalism and to highlight the extreme risks in that line of duty".