Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas must sue lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong, for defamation in connection with some allegations the lawmaker has made against him, Professor Ranford Gyampo, Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana, has said.

According to him, Anas has built a credible reputation for himself over all these years, therefore, he must institute legal actions against Mr Agyapong if the allegations are not true.

Mr Agyapong - the Member of Parliament for Assin Central - , speaking about Anas’ modus operandi on Badwam on Accra-based Adom TV on Tuesday, 29 May 2018, described the undercover journalist as a corrupt person who sets up people with the aim to destroy their reputation through blackmail.

“I call on President Akufo-Addo to reinstate all the judges because the guy [Anas] enticed them. He used two boys, Ahmed and Rahman, to set the judges up. If you set people up, it is not investigative journalism ... and I’ll prove to the whole Ghana that the boy is so corrupt and wicked, evil from the things he has done, bringing institutions that have been built over the years, down for him to be rich.”

“From what I’ve seen and what I know, I’m going to show the pictures… Anas is a thief because if he can set people up in Dubai, take their money and buy tablets, ship them to Ghana and refuse to pay taxes on them, for the wife to sell, you think we are stupid in this country?” he quizzed.

Commenting on the matter on his Facebook page, Prof Gyampo said: “The allegations made by Kennedy Agyapong against Anas are damning and too serious to be ignored.

"It is disingenuous on the part of Anas to create problems for individuals in order to unearth problems of society in a liberalist and libertarian state.

"One cannot pontificate on morality and lawfulness if he himself cannot mount the moral high grounds.

“But the allegations may also be diversionary tactics to take minds off the issues thrown in the public domain and to discredit the investigator.

"We must not be oblivious of one key strategy to win arguments and debates. It is a strategy called ‘Ridicule to Discredit’.

"This strategy, oftentimes, commits an ad hominem fallacy by attacking the person of the one who wields a superior argument instead of dealing with the issues raised.

“Whether the attempt to unmask Anas is diversionary or not, the records must be set straight in order to clear the minds of Ghanaians. Anas must go to court to clear his name. His invaluable contributions to the fight against corruption cannot be discounted so easily. His role in augmenting weak institutions in our country must not be dented by such allegations. I trust his mentor, Kwaku Baako and want to believe he would encourage his mentee to do the right thing to clear his name in order not to break the hearts of many Ghanaians”, Prof Gyampo wrote.