The Parliamentary Candidate for Essikando Ketan Constituency, Charles Bissue has alleged that Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyabeng and investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, conspired to tarnish his reputation.
Mr Bissue, a former secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, expressed scepticism about Kissi Agyabeng’s suitability for his role, questioning both the integrity of the Special Prosecutor and the methods employed by Anas.
“Kissi Agyabeng is friends with Anas. Kissi Agyabeng led and directed Anas in taking the video that tried to implicate me, and I am not scared about anything because it’s a lie,” Bissue stated firmly during an interview with Nana Yaa Brefo on Onua FM on February 26.
“Why would you come to somebody’s office, take a video and adulterate it?
“There were cameras present, Let Anas present the original videos he claims he took from my office,
“And what Anas has done in this country, whoever supports him is equally dishonest because his videos are false, I have said it countless times.
“Even when it takes 100 years, I will strive and fight for the truth to come out, there is nothing on the face of the Earth about the video to implicate me.
“A lot of people have fallen victim to Anas, who makes videos and tarnishes the images and reputation of people, let’s ask ourselves, what does it benefit Anas to do these,” he quizzed.
He further criticized Anas for what he described as a pattern of damaging individuals’ lives through manipulated exposés, branding him as “evil” and questioning the motives behind his actions.
Bissue’s allegations stem from the fallout of an investigative documentary titled “Galamsey Fraud Part I” by Tiger Eye P.I., which implicated him in allegations of corruption during his tenure with the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining.
Expressing doubt over the investigative journalist’s intentions, Bissue raised concerns about the non-release of the documentary’s second part, insinuating financial motivations behind Anas’s actions.
As Bissue continues to contest the allegations leveled against him, the controversy surrounding the “Galamsey Fraud” documentary persists, underscoring the complexity of the issues surrounding illegal mining in Ghana.
By Lois Dogbe