Renowned investigative journalist, , has refuted the assertion that his investigative pieces during the era of former President were an attack on him.
According to him, his investigative work during Kufuor's government was driven by professionalism and his commitment to accountability in governance and not personal political attacks.
Archer, who made these remarks on ChannelOne TV's Face to Face, indicated that even though he might have made some mistakes, he was only motivated by his quest to hold the government accountable. "If you ask me, I personally didn't have anything against Kufuor as a president or former President Kufuor… It's just the way I think, when I have a big story, I enjoy it. "Maybe in the course of that, you may make mistakes, but I can always tell you if a story was not worth it, I never wasted my time on it," he said.
Asked by the host of the programme, Umaru Sanda Amadu, whether he had any regrets about his investigative pieces on the Kufuor administration, he retorted, "Nothing really comes to mind." The journalist also refuted the assertion that his claim during the Election Forensics programme he hosted on Radio Gold that dead bodies were transported from mosques for the elections of 2008 was propaganda to help the NDC. "You know that a minister admitted that they made those comments.
