Ace Investigator Anas Dedicates His Award On Monday To slain Ahmed Hussein-Suale.

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Ace Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, on Monday won yet another award after he picked the maiden International Sports Press  Association Media Awards for Investigative Reporting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The undercover journalist who picked one of the two special awards for his two-year investigations into corruption in football dubbed ‘Betraying the Game,’  immediately dedicated the award to the slain member of his Tiger Eye PI team, Ahmed Divela  Hussein-Suale.
The over 200 journalists drawn from 100 countries in attendance at Monday night’s event, including IOC President, Thomas Bach and other representatives of the world sport also observed a minute silence in remembrance of the late Ahmed Divela who was killed last week by two unknown assailants at Madina, Accra.

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