Head of Tiger Eye PI Anas Aremeyaw Anas has won a special award for investigative journalism at the inaugural AIPS Sports Media Awards.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas was mainly awarded for his #Number12 expose which unearthed the corrupt practices in African football and Ghana football specifically.
This comes less than a week as one of the investigatve journalist who played a role in the expose Ahmed Hussein-Suale, was murdered.
Before Anas addressed the audience at the event in Lausanne, Switzerland, a minute’s silence was observed in memory of Ahmed Suale.
Anas dedicated the award to Ahmed, and reiterated that despite the unfortunate incident, he and his team remained resolute in their desire to root out corruption in the society.
“I receive this award in honour of my colleague, Ahmed Hussein. I know that he would have been with me to receive this award, but for the unfortunate incident. If there’s any message that Ahmed would have loved me to give to you all you, it would have been a simple one that we will never surrender because journalism is not a crime.â€
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The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) president, Gianni Merlo, when presenting the award described investigative journalism as “one of the tools for our future. We must investigate to keep the sport clean. We need to celebrate our colleagues who are risking their lives.â€
Ghanaian investigative journalist @anasglobal has been awarded the best investigative reporter in the world by @AIPSmedia @AipsAwards. The most fearsome journalist dedicated the award to his #TigereyePI member Ahmed Suale who was assassinated on 16/01/19 at madina,Accra 🇬🇭 pic.twitter.com/xQTlMgnJC1 Ghanaian investigative journalist @anasglobal has been awarded the best investigative reporter in the world by @AIPSmedia @AipsAwards. The most fearsome journalist dedicated the award to his #TigereyePI member Ahmed Suale who was assassinated on 16/01/19 at madina,Accra 🇬🇭 pic.twitter.com/xQTlMgnJC1
Ghanaian investigative journalist @anasglobal has been awarded the best investigative reporter in the world by @AIPSmedia @AipsAwards. The most fearsome journalist dedicated the award to his #TigereyePI member Ahmed Suale who was assassinated on 16/01/19 at madina,Accra 🇬🇭 pic.twitter.com/xQTlMgnJC1
— SportsProphet (@Ebenezer_NC) January 21, 2019
About #Number12
Anas in June 2018, premiered a video which exposed corruption at various levels of Ghana football.
The video among other things exposed over 80 referees and match officials receiving monies to fix matches.
Then GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi lost his standing and all positions in local and international football after he was captured allegedly detailing how he was going to personally benefit from a supposed $15 million sponsorship money for Ghana’s league.
Nyantakyi, also told the supposed investor, how he [the investor] could be given several government contracts if he pays bribes to some key government officials such as Ghana’s President and the Vice President.
He resigned from his positions at the GFA, WAFU, CAF and FIFA, where he served as a member of the world football governing body’s Executive Council.
Nyantakyi was subsequently banned from all football activities for life.
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