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The first gentleman of the land, President John Dramani Mahama has charged Ghanaians to emulate the shiny example of the ace investigative journalist Anas Aremyaw Anas (New Crusading Guide fame) on his recent expose on the alleged corrupt judges and to join in putting their shoulders to the wheel in the nation’s collective effort to uproot and exterminate corruption from the system.

The President’s call is coming in the wake of the recent investigative piece from the Tiger Eye PI (Private Investigations) lead by Anas Aremyaw Anas where some 180 judges and judicial staffs were caught neck-deep in one corrupt scandal or the other.

President Mahama posted these challenging and motivational message on his Facebook wall yesterday to incite his followers on that social network platform to rise up to the test saying; “every Ghanaian can now help our institutions in their fight against corruption. With the current availability of social media applications and modern video and camera devices embedded in even ordinary mobile phones, everyone can be an Anas.”

“As President I wish to assure you about my commitment to the fight against corruption. I’ll continue to work to strengthen our institutions; especially the anti-corruption institutions will be assisted to carry out their work without fear or favour. You can also be a part of this fight. Let’s keep transforming Ghana!,” he added.

The Tiger Eye investigative piece lasted for over a year and half, as the team combed through the length and breadth of Ghana. The nationwide operation covered comprehensively, the northern sector (Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions) the middle sector (Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, Eastern and Volta Regions) and the southern sector (Western, Central and Greater Accra Regions

In short, the investigations straddled the whole country in stages, and the facts are really jolting.

From judges’ drivers, ushers, interpreters, bailiffs, through CID officials, prosecutors, investigators to clerks and registrars, almost everybody was unabashedly eager to take bribes to facilitate dubious meetings with judges and magistrates.

These different categories of people were all caught on hidden cameras, and recorded on audio- tapes, taking varying sums of money and gifts from desperate clients.